I used to think of compassion, specifically self-compassion, as weakness.
Gentleness seemed flaccid. 'Be gentle': It seemed like a consolation prize to offer to someone inept and fragile.
I heard it as a veiled insult.
Be gentle with yourself. (.....because you can't handle anything more than that, you poor, pitiful thing.)
Now I know better.
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- Published7 November 2022 at 16:00 UTC
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