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Today I realized that most of my own problems can be solved by simply helping others. I can forget me this way. Perhaps that's not a healthy strategy, but nevertheless, compassion is something must bring back into my life. It's not that I haven't had it, but the fact that I have not sought it out. It gets lost sometimes in the noise of the everyday. It's been really hard for me to believe this semester that my hard work and good deeds will be paid back to me and to focus on that--the good things. I'm paying for some things that I did this summer right now. karmically that is. maybe even before that. I know that will make some of my readers smile in satisfaction. perhaps they should. Sometimes I do too, just because well, I have learned my lesson in this payback. But I've got to let that go and just keep loving. A wise lady told me once to never stop loving. I thought I'd followed her advice, but now I don't think I have. It's funny, because I know exactly what she'd say if we met today. I've been afraid, thought I'd been giving too much of myself, when I'd really given nothing at all. It's funny how little we are encouraged to love, to spread kindness, to treat others with compassion, when, if we think about it, it's what matters most. And yet, unspoken, at least in my arena. Except in song and we don't take that seriously.
Anyway. Don't be afraid. And love, love, love... your students, your friends, your enemies, your parents, your siblings, your bosses, your partners, your neighbors, your roommates, your classmates, yourself.
Anyway. Don't be afraid. And love, love, love... your students, your friends, your enemies, your parents, your siblings, your bosses, your partners, your neighbors, your roommates, your classmates, yourself.