Put Yourself In Their Shoes

Act 125:

“It’s never too late… To Be Compassionate

No matter how successful. No matter how well you’re traveling. Be open to those who are struggling. It’s amazing what even a small gesture can do for their confidence and your soul.” – Patrick Lindsay

Quote in book: “When kindness has left people, even for a few moments, we become afraid of them as if their reason had left them.” ~ Willa Cather

Being compassionate is one of the best qualities I think a person can have. This is one of the reasons why I try as much as possible to be compassionate towards others and am always trying to put myself in their shoes.

Everyone has good days and bad days as I said yesterday. When we are in that down cycle, the most helpful thing is to have people supporting and cheering us on. It’s really important to have friends and family who sympathize with what you are going through, because otherwise the support seems faked. Also, everyone needs a little compassion. We all need to bitch and complain and sometimes need that hug that says “awww…. That sucks. I’m here to give you a good luck and ‘You can do it’”

Kindness and compassion are qualities that will help you in the future, even if you don’t see it right now. There will come a time when you need a little compassion and it’s a lot easier for people to feel compassionate and nice to you, if you were nice and compassionate to them when the situations were reversed.

I know for some people it’s harder to be compassionate than others. For me it comes naturally. I have been told that I have a really good ability to be empathetic towards others. I think this is what makes it easy for my friends to open up and trust me. I’ve been told that I’m very easy to talk to because I listen and I’m very compassionate.

The keys to my success are that

• I listen to the other person. If you don’t listen, it’s hard to even understand the situation or what the other person is going through
• I genuinely care about the other person, because I don’t like seeing people sad or in pain
• I try not to judge. We are all different. We all make mistakes and we are not perfect. Sometimes we don’t think and/or sometimes bad things just happen to us. It’s not for us to judge.
• I usually just look at the situation and think about how I would feel if I was in that situation.

Those are the things that I try to do to be compassionate. Are there any things that you do differently? Is there anything else that I’m missing. Lastly, I just want to thank everyone who has been kind and compassionate to me during this really really hard time in my life. You all have been great. Thank you for being there for me after my father died. It really means a lot to me.