Day 16 -- Gevurah of Tiferet: Discipline in Compassion
For compassion to be effective and healthy it
needs to be disciplined and focused. It requires discretion both to whom
you express compassion, and in the measure of the compassion itself. It
is recognizing when compassion should be expressed and when it should
be withheld or limited.
Discipline in compassion is knowing that being
truly compassionate sometimes requires withholding compassion. Because
compassion is not an expression of the bestower's needs but a response
to the recipient's needs.
Exercise for the day: Express your compassion in a focused and constructive manner by addressing someone's specific needs.
Write about having to tell some one "no" for their own good.
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