Just NB

Alrighty, so maybe my posts about compassion won't be every week, but I'm trying here. Last week's post was 11 days ago...and there's been a lot going on since then. But I'll get right to the point here. Here are some things that I have done in the past (and continue to do) to help myself with compassion for myself. For the non-believers - just try it. For those trying to get into meditation and don't want anything to do with meditation, here's another reason to try this. Click on this site:  https://www.positivityresonance.com/meditations.html You'll see the following screen: The first meditation is called Loving-Kindness. I dare you to play it. It's nothing crazy. You can use it as a meditation, I do now. But I used to use it in traffic to calm me down (obviously not as a meditation) in Montreal traffic. Like when I was about to go nutzo in crazy traffic that used to make me stressed out before I even got to work. It helped SO MUCH.  You c...

Fall is among us. Geez, that sounds like an introduction to a sermon or something. But it's true. Fall is among us and it's time for me to ramble on and review the summer and set some intentions for the upcoming season. There is one word for the fall season and it is: COMPASSION The main use will be compassion towards myself, however, for me to practice compassion towards myself, I have to practice compassion towards others as well.  Let's just take a step back here and get the true definition of compassion:  Dictionary version:  This is a word for a very positive emotion that has to do with being thoughtful and decent. (this is kind Biblical version:  The meaning of compassion is to recognize the suffering of others, then take action to help. ... The Bible defines the meaning of compassion in several ways. We are to “speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves ... defend the rights of the poor and needy” (Proverbs 31:8-9, NIV). Why...