After allowing myself to undergo the slow and painful process of accepting that there’s not a lot I can do for the people that are suffering around me, I realised that there are some things that I can do.
Even if doing this in the grand scheme of things wont change much about my people’s circumstances, doing it more often might give them courage to seek refuge from their own internal struggle.
I’m not sure if I’m right or wrong in saying this, but a part of me suspects that people in general don’t really want forces outside of them assisting, interfering or helping with all the issues that are going on within their minds.
There’s a nature within us that has us sculpted in a way where we want to face these challenges ourselves. We want to be the hero of our own story.
I’ve always found it interesting to see people’s reactions whenever they share their issues with me and I open up with a response. Often at times when I try to provide solutions for their problems their eye contact and body language tells me that I’m not giving them the information that they want to hear, and I’m not making them feel the way they hoped I was going to make them feel.
As much as I think that there’s some things some people need to hear whether they like it or not, the best way to extend my compassion is by admitting that whatever the issue that may be presented to me, I can’t save them from their own problems, and by simply acknowledging that I’m there to share their pain might be enough to give someone the strength to fight against their own suffering.
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