Compassion: How to Encompass Your Passion for Life

Often we are unaware that we have our passions which can either lead us into enjoying a better life right in the midst of what we call now or we find ourselves overwhelmed with life only because we may have lost the basic keys to living stress free life. Stress is the largest factor in sapping our strength, diluting our focus and erasing pleasure directly out of our passionate natures. Sometimes we seem to not remember how to be stress free because we have allowed it to conquer our well-being. Many of us have acquired the “thick skin mentality” where nothing or no one seems to bother us. Others amongst us are too sensitive and find themselves stressed out that way as well. But I think with those generalizations being mentioned, for the most part all of us allow the negative energy to accumulate because we are not responding fast enough to dissolve or redirect it. How many of you have thought: “Oh that bad feeling will just go” or “Mrs. X did not mean to say what she said to me” Sometimes we let others get away with their bad behavior which trains them to mistreat us because we are not standing up for ourselves.

We do this too many times and begin to not protect our emotional and mental selves. We become burnt out emotionally and mentally which can lead to physical illnesses. While this starts to happen we might sabotage our intricate relationship with our loved ones and even with ourselves. We do that by becoming upset with ourselves because we are allowing others to mistreat us. We might lash out at others. Our passions begin to erode so fast that we no longer know how to have fun, be happy, or even feel relieved let alone be appreciative toward others. We have grown egotistical, selfish and perhaps, too self-important. No one else matters but us. We fall into experiencing self-hatred and in turn hate others.

The key to turning all of this around is the use of COMPASSION in our lives. First, we must diligently apply it to ourselves and as we do that we are able to help others. As you begin to grow it like a seed within your heart and mind, then you are clearly able to assist others. When you have compassion for someone else’s sufferings and misfortunes you allow yourself to connect and feel them. You begin to develop a degree of understanding that you did not have before and that level of understanding grows within you. As that happens you begin to see and intend a better vision for another if they are seeking it. When you are a compassionate being you are living through your heart and not your mind.

Tune into my live thirty minute video show Every Thursday on Facebook through the RESONANT ESSENTIALS – THE GROUP page entitled – WISDOM KEYS with BROTHER FRANCIS this Thursday December 17th at 1PM MST as my topic shall be ~ “Compassion – How to Encompass Your Passion for Life.”