Tag: compassion
-
Grief and Love
In my journey of self-healing and my liberation from the diet and hustle culture that I tend to write a lot about, I have discovered that these two emotions, grief and love, seem to be each other’s siblings. When we lose, what we love, we encounter grief. Working through grief, we rediscover the power of…
-
Needs or wants…?
As definitions go, these two concepts have very different meanings. Needs are usually defined as necessary for survival or things you cannot live without – for example food or sleep. Wants are nice-to-haves desires that are not necessary for survival – for example a house with a garden and a dog. However, as correctly pointed…
-
Nothing lasts forever…
One of the main Buddhist teachings is that of impermanence. The loss and change are the only constants in our lives. Nothing is fixed and nothing stays the same for long. We all experience it in our lives but often try very hard to make things stay the same if we like them. We value…