compassion

How To Be Wise: Want wisdom? Just breathe.

In the moments before harsh words escape your mouth. In the seconds before you lift a fork to partake in the miracle of nourishment. While being put on hold during a customer service call. When your patience is being tried by your children. Or your [...]

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You Know That I’ll Be Reaching For Higher Ground

by Brooke Leigh Sheldon

“Given the possibility of living up to the dream in me, you know that I’ll be reaching for higher ground.” John Denver (Higher Ground) Throughout my life and my career I have recognized when the conversations within me asked me, moved me, pushed me to take paths of new, powerful and unique challenge. Such was [...]

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The Pacific Commons – Greenpeace urges international support for first high seas no-take area in the Pacific

by Greenpeace

From Greenpeace Greenpeace is calling on Governments which are part of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) to support the Cook Islands plan to close off a large area of international waters to all fishing in order to restore Pacific tuna fisheries, protect biodiversity and eliminate pirate fishing. The Cook Islands proposal to [...]

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It was a rather hostile email…

by Brooke Leigh Sheldon

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People will write me at times with hostility or anger. But, I believe what is often behind it is a true desire to gain an understanding of the questions they’re angrily tossing or aggressively pushing at me. Okay, I’ll grab the baton and run the race with you – so here’s the answer……. iPhones use [...]

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How To Be Compassionate: Use Your Imagination

by Lauren Rosenfeld

I wish I knew What it’s like to be A splinter, a bee. A song, a sea. A tree, a shoe. A bird that’s new. I wish I knew What it’s like to be you. – By my daughter Tamar, at age 7 When I was a child, I experienced an awakening moment. My [...]

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VetWow’s Short Podcasts for MST Survivors, Friends and Family

by Lily Casura

Susan Avila Smith Military Sexual Trauma, like PTSD another “invisible wound,” is unfortunately more prevalent in the military than we would want to believe, though little discussed officially. It’s different though when combatants get together who have experienced it. Among female service members in particular, it is all too often a common experience; and whether [...]

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How To Be Realistic: Don’t just see the big picture. See the small picture, too.

by Lauren Rosenfeld

Sometimes when we lose perspective, we are encouraged by friends and family to look at the “big picture”. And of course there are times when we really need to “zoom out” and see that the problems we are having — problems that appear to be so enormous and threatening — are in the larger scheme [...]

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Please, make no mistake, that waitress, that waiter, they’re important.

by Brooke Leigh Sheldon

Today, I happened to glance over at four women sitting at a table on the patio of a sidewalk cafe. They appeared to know each other well. They spoke casually as they began perusing their menus. Jauntily approaching their table was the waitress, stepping out of the cafe. She asked if they’d like something to [...]

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Leftover

by Brooke Leigh Sheldon

I talk to you all the time about the moments that count. However, I understand there are a lot of you out there who think that a bunch of your moments do not count for as much as you’d like them to. So you’ve asked me if, well, you can store them somewhere to use [...]

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