Compassion
If you are striving for a happier life, you must start with compassion. Let’s face it - people are not super friendly and kind all of the time. There are some days where it feels like everyone you come across is being a jerk. You can’t control their behavior, but you can control yours.
If you’ve ever worked in customer service, there’s a 100% chance you’ve gotten a pretty ugly tongue lashing over something that isn’t you’re fault. It’s probably been over something relatively insignificant and easily fixable. So imagine you’re there working, and someone is yelling at you. It would be easy to get defensive, maybe serve up some “tone,” and mirror that person’s angry energy. But what does that solve? And how does that make anyone feel better? It doesn’t solve anything. So, we practice compassion. We let this angry person vent their frustrations, we calmly and genuinely apologize that something didn’t work out, and we let them know that we want to help fix the problem. Most of the time, the customer probably has much more significant things upsetting them that they are taking out on you. DON’T TAKE IT PERSONAL. Instead, try to understand that this person probably needs a soft, kind word. Think about a time you’ve had a really bad day; the last thing you needed was someone else making it worse. If you have the ability to make their day better, you should do that. Now you might be thinking that it’s not your fault they’re having a bad day, and you’re right. But you could be the reason their day gets better. So don’t let them bring you down into their darkness. Instead, practice compassion and bring them into your light. Show them that while everyone else in the whole world might be a jerk today, there is at least ONE person who is kind, forgiving, and helpful.
Compassion requires letting go of ego and pride. Compassion requires a little vulnerability. But my challenge for you is this - the next time someone treats you ugly for no reason, take a deep breath, and really try to hone in on compassion. Don’t take it personal. Don’t let yourself get caught up in anger or mirror those ugly feelings. Be kind. Be forgiving. And really try to make their day better. And then come tell me about it! If you have a chance to show off some mad compassion skills, hit up the comment section! Tell me what happened and how you handled it.
As always, thank you for sharing a part of your life with me and for allowing me to share mine with you. I’m truly grateful. ❤️
If you’ve ever worked in customer service, there’s a 100% chance you’ve gotten a pretty ugly tongue lashing over something that isn’t you’re fault. It’s probably been over something relatively insignificant and easily fixable. So imagine you’re there working, and someone is yelling at you. It would be easy to get defensive, maybe serve up some “tone,” and mirror that person’s angry energy. But what does that solve? And how does that make anyone feel better? It doesn’t solve anything. So, we practice compassion. We let this angry person vent their frustrations, we calmly and genuinely apologize that something didn’t work out, and we let them know that we want to help fix the problem. Most of the time, the customer probably has much more significant things upsetting them that they are taking out on you. DON’T TAKE IT PERSONAL. Instead, try to understand that this person probably needs a soft, kind word. Think about a time you’ve had a really bad day; the last thing you needed was someone else making it worse. If you have the ability to make their day better, you should do that. Now you might be thinking that it’s not your fault they’re having a bad day, and you’re right. But you could be the reason their day gets better. So don’t let them bring you down into their darkness. Instead, practice compassion and bring them into your light. Show them that while everyone else in the whole world might be a jerk today, there is at least ONE person who is kind, forgiving, and helpful.
Compassion requires letting go of ego and pride. Compassion requires a little vulnerability. But my challenge for you is this - the next time someone treats you ugly for no reason, take a deep breath, and really try to hone in on compassion. Don’t take it personal. Don’t let yourself get caught up in anger or mirror those ugly feelings. Be kind. Be forgiving. And really try to make their day better. And then come tell me about it! If you have a chance to show off some mad compassion skills, hit up the comment section! Tell me what happened and how you handled it.
As always, thank you for sharing a part of your life with me and for allowing me to share mine with you. I’m truly grateful. ❤️
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