This post from Miki Kashtan, although not specifically about empathy, touched me deeply. Miki demonstrates how we can empathize with ourselves, open to our pain and grow trust in ourselves and our experience.
Over time, I’ve learned that my ability to be present with empathy for others is related if not dependent upon my ability to empathize with myself. I highly recommend reading this one…
“I choose to risk my significance,
to live so that which came to me as seed
goes to the next as blossom,
and that which came to me as blossom,
goes on as fruit.”
—Dawna Markova
