Wide Open Compassion
Well, life is certainly a roller coaster these days, isn’t it? With so much uncertainty and with so many individuals having their own experience there is a wide range of how people are feeling these days. For example, I have one friend who spent the first 4 weeks of the social distancing travelling and hiking through empty national parks, I have other friends who are terrified and are staying in the house, receiving grocery delivery. Some people I know have had Covid 19 and have had very mild cases, and I have heard of friends who have had relatives who have died. Some people have time on their hands and are learning new skills or fixing up their houses and others have never been busier at work. There are those who just love this social distancing - introverts are having their day in the sun. Others of us prefer to be with people and we are struggling. And I can go on and on. This is uncharted territory for all of us.
The interesting thing to observe is that each individual person can experience the range of emotions described above. Even in a single day. A walk outside might bring an open perspective and a sense of optimism and well being. Turning on the news can flip that upside down. All might be well in the moment, but then your mind might switch to a plan that you think might not happen or wonder how you can plan at all in this uncertainty. Who hasn’t almost simultaneously thought that they actually had the disease followed quickly by the certainty that they won’t ever get it?
My point is that we are all fragile right now. So, see if you can infuse each interaction with a huge dose of compassion. You might be in a fit of optimism while someone else just learned of a sick relative or vice versa. So, before you go off and judge anyone for how they are in any given moment or take any interaction personally, just blanket yourself with a wide dose of compassion.
We are all doing the best we can.
Copyright 2020 Nancy C Murray
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Nancy C Murray is a yoga teacher, yoga therapist, Reiki master and spiritual leader. She leads public and private yoga classes and healing sessions, transformational courses, and also retreats and spiritual journeys.
