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“The nature of compassion isn't coming to terms with your own suffering and applying it to others: It's knowing that other folks around you suffer and, no matter what happens to you, no matter how lucky or unlucky you are, they keep suffering. And if you can do something about that, then you do it, and you do it without whining or waving your own fuckin' cross for the world to see. You do it because it's the right thing to do.”
― Dark Hollow
― Dark Hollow
“When I walk, I walk with you. Where I go, you're with me always.”
― The Story Sisters
― The Story Sisters
“I also believe that parents, if they love you, will hold you up safely, above their swirling waters, and sometimes that means you'll never know what they endured, and you may treat them unkindly, in a way you otherwise wouldn't.”
― For One More Day
― For One More Day
“Many people are like garbage trucks. They run around full of garbage, full of frustration, full of anger, and full of disappointment. As their garbage piles up, they look for a place to dump it. And if you let them, they’ll dump it on you. So when someone wants to dump on you, don’t take it personally. Just smile, wave, wish them well, and move on. Believe me. You’ll be happier.”
― The Law of the Garbage Truck: How to Respond to People Who Dump on You, and How to Stop Dumping on Others
― The Law of the Garbage Truck: How to Respond to People Who Dump on You, and How to Stop Dumping on Others
“Hurt people hurt people. We are not being judgmental by separating ourselves from such people. But we should do so with compassion. Compassion is defined as a "keen awareness of the suffering of another coupled with a desire to see it relieved." People hurt others as a result of their own inner strife and pain. Avoid the reactive response of believeing they are bad; they already think so and are acting that way. They aren't bad; they are damaged and they deserve compassion. Note that compassion is an internal process, an understanding of the painful and troubled road trod by another. It is not trying to change or fix that person.”
― Complaint Free Relationships: How to Positively Transform Your Personal, Work, and Love Relationships
― Complaint Free Relationships: How to Positively Transform Your Personal, Work, and Love Relationships
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