Giving and Growing

Sometimes looking inside at our suffering and sadness stops us from giving and from growing. Often the best way to heal feelings of hurt inside us is to focus our attention and our actions outside of ourselves.

We can do this by:

• Giving our time to others voluntarily

• Spending time in nature

• Listening actively to someone we might not normally choose to hear from

• Learning something new

• Supporting a worthy cause

• Creative activities of all kinds

• Opening our eyes to the reality of those less fortunate

• Re-establishing contact with old friends

• Making eye contact and smiling at people we pass by

• Noticing the beautiful openness of young children

• Music, literature, film, exercising, cooking ,gardening and so many other activities we can be involved in

All of these examples and many more give us freedom from our thoughts and distress and can give us positivity and a new perspective.