Seeking Compassion

Compassion is to care for or be concerned for another; to suffer with another; to have pity for another because of their circumstances; to be compassionate means to be merciful; to have a heart that is tender and easily moved by the distresses, sufferings, wants and infirmities of others.

Mental Endurance

When we build mental endurance, we teach ourselves never to quit what we are doing.  Our mental endurance keeps us going even when our body is tired or when we are bored, and despite the difficulties and challenges we face.

How do we tap into our mental endurance? Acknowledge pain. Educate yourself. Take care of yourself. Ask for help.

Motherwit

Motherwit is our way of speaking into the lives of the young and young at heart. It is intelligence and wisdom.  Good judgement in avoiding trouble. The ability to understand and discern. Common sense. What kind of spiritual inheritance will you leave your children and their children? One of faith or fear? Faith is absolute belief.  Fear is weakened belief.

We can be our own parents by re-connecting to our motherwit. The benefits and blessings include greater happiness, joy, expanded creativity, healthier mind, body and soul, stronger friendships, life skills, acceptance, forgiveness, vulnerability, compassion, self-love, fearless, sincere, rooted, grounded. 

Good Pain

This pandemic also has good pain that is leading to growth.  The pandemic is building your mental endurance.  Mental endurance does not mean passivity or suffering.  It means mental strength.  It is the ability to exercise inner strength in everyday life and the ability to deal effectively with all challenges.  This requires a certain degree of willpower, self-discipline and perseverance.

Valuing You

The most powerful restorative images are those that reinforce our deepest values. They include: basic humanity interest in the well-being of others; love; spiritual connection; appreciation of natural and creative beauty; community connection; compassionate behavior.

See and Heal

Emotional and spiritual healing happens when the brain replaces painful memories and images of loss, injury or damage with restorative images of safety, growth and well-being thereby restoring the healthy functioning of the mind. 

Restorative images are drawn from the imagination of our sensory experience that is exciting, stunning, soothing or peaceful. These images remind us of what we have gained and strengthens our ability to improve and grow.

Ouch: Growing from Grief.

 This past year has been full of loss. Living losses through appointments and relationships. Dying losses through the physical death of loved ones. These experiences have changed our reality. This became a season to re-examine how we look and function in the world. We are on another healing journey. Researchers Tedesi and Calhoun (2004) have given this experience the name “post-traumatic growth” that goes beyond resilience to improvement in our ability to function and adapt.