Im working to be more compassionate. I feel lots of compassion for animals and plants, but less so for much of human kind. How do you practice compassion when you dislike another person or disagree with their decisions?

There is too much hate in the world right now! So much evil too. Be compassionate, learn to love each other. Accept everyone because we are all fundamentally the same beings, all coming from the same universal source.

Many people are suffering and we must do whatever we can to help them. The least you can do is to at least be compassionate and kind.

I know it's probably useless but I'm trying to give my love to this world

Seems like every time I have a situation figyred out, life throws a petty curvball.

I was arrested and let go the next day for "disturbing the peace".

What i was really doing, is sleeping in a walmart parking lot. .why was i there?

To make it to my sister's side before she passed away from cancer, which has now taken her just hours after i got there.

I figured I'd stay at a hotel once i got there. And in the mean time i would camp out at one or two parking lots o. The way there.

I didn't think it would be a big deal.

When i was young, people camped in RVs. It was a whole cultural thing with them. They loved walmart for that reason.

Not any more these days.

Now there's a derogatory name for it. And your treated like your nuisance or homeless.

They want me back for trail.

I hate this system so much right now. No compassion or u derstands

Just rules and words witten on paper.

In the few moments in my life where I feel my chest get tight, my jaw clench or my mind race I remember my superpower of breathing. It is up to me to catch myself when my heart feels hurt, comfort myself as if I am my most caring parent ever and imagine myself dealing with my stress easily. With practice it is possible for me to feel my frustration, then sympathize with my exacerbation so that I am able to flow easily back to equilibrium.

I challenge myself grow the amount of emotional intelligence I am capable of accessing. Being able to find the silver lining to my problems is a learnable skill. It is possible for me to find new perspectives to my past, present & future issues.

Most of the time when I am feeling frustrated it is because my needs for love and appreciation are not being met by me or the people in my life. It is most important for me to learn to figure out what I really want and need then communicate my needs to someone who can help me achieve my dreams and follow my intuition about any advice received. By advocating for my needs, to the people in my life who love me I am gifting them with the opportunity to give to me. When I am clear about what I need it makes it doable for the person that I am talking to to do what I need to feel safe.

I am a serene child of Universal Love and Universal Love feels tranquil when I am the master of my emotions.

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I'm in a bit of a strange and stupid quandary and some people may think I'm stupid for even feeling that this is a problem...

But, anyone who knows me knows that I'm a big softy... And, those closest to me have probably heard me say, countless times, that my favorite animals on Earth are dogs and rats...

I have an RV in my possession that I am about to sell. The previous owners were hippies and somehow that led to them essentially being overrun by rats that came from the Bayer science building that they were parked next to.

Anyway, after spending 36 hours solid scooping and raking and shoveling and vacuuming rat droppings and other detritus, some rats abandoned ship. But I would estimate that there is still somewhere between 40 and 60 rats still currently inhabiting the walls and the subfloor in the RV.

Even though I am quite literally traumatized any and every time I see any animal dead by the side of the road, because I can't believe how horrible our species is for destroying the habitat of wild animals, I am also well aware of the fact that one of the most vital aspects of survival is not allowing other living creatures to hinder or lower the quality of your life or living space.

I know that when the RV is towed out of here, there will be some rats that jump from it. And, I try to not think about what the next owner of the RV will do to handle the rat problem.

However, there is one specific aspect of the rat problem that I can't seem to lump together with the general rat infestation.

And, I know that they're going to be people who think that I'm ridiculous or crazy or silly or stupid for being concerned with this. And, if that's your opinion, then you need not comment on this post. That way, I won't have to hold it against you.

There is literally only four spaces in the entire RV that have not been destroyed by rats. Three of them literally have not been touched at all...

However, the fourth one is a bathroom cabinet that has only had pieces of material imported into it by a mother rat who has a litter of babies that she is taking care of in it.

When I first discovered them a few days ago, most of them were pink and only one of them was gray. When I looked at them last night, I saw that they are now all gray and a little bit bigger and were snuggled up sleeping together. None of their eyes are open yet.

I know that they are wild rats. Although, you can tell by the way that many of the rats living in that RV regard human beings that some of them are far from afraid of people... I'm not trying to figure out a way that they can be kept by someone as pets. Although, if someone has a way to do that, I am certainly not averse to that idea!

It just hurts me to think about the possibility of them either starving if their mother gets killed or of them being killed before they even have a chance to really live.

I'm not saying that I have any ideas for what to do about them or with them (with or without their mother).

But, I feel like I absolutely need to do something. Maybe because I love animals maybe because I have had kids of my own maybe because I'm just a softy or maybe because I'm aware that living things are living things and there are some aspects and stages of life (like infancy) that shouldn't be violated.

I wouldn't even be mad if absolutely nobody responded to this post because absolutely everybody to some degree might think I'm a total crackpot for even being concerned about this.

It's just who and how I am. I don't try to put myself in other people's shoes, I just naturally go there.

So, if anyone has any idea for how I could prevent their infancy from turning into a slow and suffering, traumatic death, please let me know.

I have realised I really struggle with conflict. I can deal with it to some extent with friends, but really struggle particularly in the workplace. I’ve had a bit of conflict with a work colleague recently, and I feel like I’m harbouring a bit of resentment towards her. I feel like she has treated me unfairly a number of times in the past. I’m leaving this workplace shortly and will probably have nothing to do with her again, so have been avoiding her a bit lately. Today though she accused me of something that I didn’t do. I calmly explained that I didn’t do it. She then asked me why I hadn’t responded to her email about it from three days ago, and I apologised and said I’ve been really busy and have a lot of emails I need to address. She then responded that everyone was busy. I have been at tipping point with work stress over the past week, having worked all weekend so I’m now up to 10 days straight that I’ve worked. I think anything would’ve pushed me over the edge today. I told her I didn’t want to discuss this any more, I had apologised for not responding to her email and didn’t need to talk about it any more. I asked her to leave my room and she didn’t want to so I kind of pushed her out the door and closed the door.

When situations like this happen I always second-guess myself and wonder, should I have done something differently? I think I behaved okay right up until the point where I pushed her out of the room, but I had asked her to leave and told her I didn’t want to talk about it any more and she didn’t respect me. I’m trying to be kind to myself and say that I was enforcing my boundaries. I knew that I was at breaking point and that if she stayed and pushed me any longer I would say things I would regret. sometimes I just find it so hard to stay calm. I feel like I was really unprofessional and I’m annoyed at myself.

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Who gave more?

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Are doctors no longer human? Have they lost their compassion? I recently lost my brother to heart disease. I mentioned this during my visit as my provider is a primary/cardiologist. She completely ignored my statement. She never acknowledged it. I thought she would have asked further questions or acknowledge that I lost someone but she didnt. She continued on in a robotic like frenzy addressing my other issues.

I provided her with the opportunity to connect on more personal level for a moment. To offer momentary emotional comfort and check-in to see if I needed referrals to other providers but nothing.

For reference, I am 52 and my brother is (was) 54. His death scares me and makes me ponder my own health.

Am I expecting too much?

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One way for me to ensure my success in life is to practice the "Art of Going The Extra Mile". I render more service than is expected of me with a pleasant attitude in my work and family life to create goodwill. It is possible for me to create a peaceful environment for myself to live in by giving my full attention to what I am doing in the moment. Each person I meet is going through some kind of emotional event. I choose to pay attention to the energy the people I meet are exuding. I have an opportunity to soothe each person I meet with kindness.

I ask meaningful questions and then give the speaker my full attention so that the person has the best chance of feeling heard. I focus on the task at hand because whether I am cleaning my home or flying a plane my full attention is needed for each moment to flow. Being present to the emotional temperature of every situation in my life helps me Go The Extra Mile.

Caring about what I am doing makes my life meaningful. Taking pride in my actions puts a spring in my step and a smile on my face. My actions matter! My thoughts matter! I am a powerful co-creator of my future! I am keenly aware of how important it is for me to care about what I do. I choose to care for the welfare of all life.

I am an attentive child of Universal Love and Universal Love is delighted when I give my all to each situation & person. :~)