Find Your Middle Ground

Tag: compassionate action

  • Listen to the Message of Emotions

    Wisdom from Tara Brach for these difficult times. May we listen to our hearts and to our children. 🙏 “I’ve had many waves of anger, fear, and aversion in reaction to the harm being perpetrated in our society. In my own practice, it helps to keep starting right where I am, not judging my own…

  • Habits and Compassion

    “The fear habit, the anger habit, the self-pity habit—all are strengthened and empowered when we continue to buy into them. The most compassionate thing we can do is to interrupt these habits. Acknowledging that we are all churned up is the first and most difficult step in any practice. Without compassionate recognition that we are…

  • * Love is the Bridge for Understanding – and Action

    Diana over at Talk to Diana wrote a moving post today that has stayed with me. “He Deserves Better Than This” is about her father who has been in chronic back pain for years and has not received treatment to alleviate it. Diana decided that enough was enough and made several calls until she spoke…