Hurt People Hurt People and The Seven Keys of Conscious Compassion

Some of them are hard to love. They come into my classroom with a scowl upon their face and a dark shadow behind their eyes. They sit slumped and defiant or spend the entire period looking like they’re ready to fight. Some of them are hard to love. They respond to a positive word withContinue reading “Hurt People Hurt People and The Seven Keys of Conscious Compassion”

(Ass)umptions

I read a post this morning by Matt on You Must Be This Tall to Ride that got me thinking about assumptions. Assumptions, both intentional and otherwise, have played a major role in my healing and my view on relationships. We make assumptions to fill in gaps in information. Our brains hate these voids andContinue reading “(Ass)umptions”