Rachel Naomi Remen — 💗 Compassion Quote

Being affected by suffering is natural and part of compassionate living.

“The expectation that we can be immersed in suffering and loss and not be touched by it is unrealistic and asks of compassion the impossible”

— Rachel Naomi Remen

Being affected by suffering is natural and part of compassionate living.

#compassion

#suffering

#being touched

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“The most basic and powerful way to connect to another person is to listen just listen”

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“Helping fixing and serving represent three different ways of seeing life when you help you see life as weak when you fix you see life as broken when you serve you see life as whole”

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“Perhaps the most important thing we bring to another person is the silence in us”

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“Wounding and healing are not opposites they are part of the same thing it is our nature to heal”

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