In some ways — maybe crucial ways — we offer compassion to others in order to heal ourselves. Expressing compassion for and to others can be easier than practicing self-compassion. Yet, we benefit from seeing others' suffering lessen, as well as from hearing our own messages through oblique doorways into our own hearts. How have you expressed compassion to another this week?
[image description: Two hearts are facing each other. The heart on the left is bent forward crying. There is a thought bubble above its head with two of itself inside. One version of itself is looking down on the heart with an angry expression. The other heart is trying to get the angry version's attention and is saying, "Hey, look," as it looks toward the heart standing nearby. This other heart is smiling and holding up a heart toward the though bubble. Text reads: "You deserve compassion. 23 JULY 2020"]
 | Throughout the pandemic, I have posted messages on my Facebook wall that I needed to hear myself or that I imagined others may be needing to hear. Again and again, these messages spurred collective online processing of a range of challenges and lows and bright spots of living through the pandemic. This series of cartoons is intended to reflect on and illustrate some of the process of dealing with life by leaning into the intersection of technology and community. |
[image description: Screenshot of a Facebook status that reads: "You deserve compassion." One comment from Anna is a link to a song by Jess Glynne titled "Don't Be So Hard On Yourself." Another comment reads: "As do you." A third comment reads: "In this world with the way things are, compassion is a must." To the last comment, Anna responds "Yes."]
#MindfulHearts retrospective.
On this day 2020.
On this day 2019.
Celebrating two years of daily cartoons.
On this day 2020.
On this day 2019.
Celebrating two years of daily cartoons.
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