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It's World Kindness Day today. The purpose of this day is to help everyone understand that compassion for others is what binds us all together. In my humble opinion, we can strive for kindness and compassion in our hearts each and every day.
Kindness, compassion, non-judgment, wishing for peace and harmony...these are all the common denominators of my daily practices; Mindfulness, Meditation, and Sophrology. This pandemic may have polarized the world and societies on many levels but polarization is not a new phenomenon.
Labeling people by their behavior and characteristics is dangerous because it can lead to dehumanization. It categorizes people, it is a tool we use to comprehend the complexity that is humans and everything we perceive.
Labels are related to judgments, they create stereotypes, hearsay, bias, fears, stigma, and the inability to separate a person from the label itself. We start to regard differing viewpoints in demeaning ways.
It is possible to dislike a certain kind of behavior without dismissing the person. Although itβs always challenging to show kindness to those we disagree with, accepting someone as a person in kindness is not the same thing as agreeing. Appreciate the good things about them, and do not try to change them for your convenience or needs. This works both ways, by the way.
Today I recorded a βJust Like Meβ Compassion Practice podcast. You'll listen to a mindfulness practice for increasing compassion. This guided visualization invites you to look at how we are similar in important ways, which will help us to remember what we share as human beings. This practice can be done alone or with a partner.
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