Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. I…

Pema Chodron
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Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It's a relationship between equals. Only when we know our own darkness well can we be present with the darkness of others. Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity. ✨ Pema Chodron (2003). Comfortable with Uncertainty: 108 Teachings on Cultivating Fearlessness and Compassion, p.73, Shambhala Publications
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