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May 20 2010
Can we be “too compassionate?”
While I don’t believe we can be “too compassionate,” I do think sometimes imagining being in someone else’s shoes can become “too real.”
For some of us, empathizing with someone becomes so real that we take on another person’s energy, burdens, or even illness. We can even take on a society’s problems, to the point where we imagine they are ours alone to solve. Does this sound even vaguely familiar?
February 03 2010
Are you plugged in?
As I saw the icon on my cell phone go down to one little bar, I thought “Huh. How did that happen so quickly? Better find an outlet.” And this got me thinking . . .