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compassion
The enemy of compassion
01.09.08 | Permalink | 4 CommentsIt’s been said that the perfect is the enemy of the good. It’s also true that niceness is the enemy of compassion.
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compassion, empathy, framing, listening, mindfulness, reconciliation, stories, story, ubunu
Three ways to do the spirituality of reconciliation (post 7 in ubuntu series)
11.08.06 | Permalink | 2 CommentsRemembering that reconciliation is a spirituality, not a strategery, we can see three ways to put reconciliation into action. (Courtesy of Schreiter.) 1. Relearn to listen patiently, to ourselves and to others. Between work and email and errands, we forgot how to listen to stories of pain. Maybe we never learned. Maybe no one taught […]
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children, compassion, depression, joy, kindness, moral-courage, narcissism, parenting
What’s wrong with these parents today?
02.12.06 | Permalink | Comments Off on What’s wrong with these parents today?Harry asks what character traits parents would most wish for their children to have. In an old survey, the top answers were honesty (overwhelmingly), then obedience and good judgment. Harry, in counterpoint, chooses kindness. I’m surprised how often “academically successful” (to summarize several replies) came up in comments to Harry’s points. Disappointed, really. Parents whose […]
