29/10/2024
Hi everyone,
The beginning of the month I attended a ACT workshop down in Hamilton new Zealand and, I absolutely loved it!
This workshop showed me the different, Attainable meanings of compassion and what it could be for different people and their lifestyle. So being compassionate with yourself could be giving yourself grace, being happy with yourself despite the mistakes you make and learning from those mistakes, showing yourself love like you consistently show others, not being upset with yourself when you feel difficult emotions and instead making space for those feelings in your body. It's really about giving yourself that unconditional love that you usually find from a friend or a loved one.
When I was doing one of the exercises which is to wright myself a self compassionate letter entailing my struggles and the emotions I felt at that moment. I was asked to think about a loved one and what they would say or act when they see my letter. And I honestly thought of my grandfather. He was a well known gynecologist his name was Abd El Salam Saleh ElMaghrabi and he helped so many women. He would always be happy to see and shower me with gifts, he didn't care if I was upto any trouble as a child, he was just happy to see me.
I think this so important especially if you've grown up in a culture where you have to survive and take care of your loved ones. In Sudan I remember that was my sole priority. And having a tool that reminds you of those cozy feelings really keeps those memories alive in your heart and feels like a warm hug! which we desperately need at the moment after what we're going through with the war in Sudan.
What does compassion mean to you and, in what can you show yourself some compassion?
Love
