Courage, compassion they sound inspiring, even easy, when we talk about them. But living them? That’s uncomfortable, and often scary. Courage means risking judgment. Compassion means saying no.
The following excerpt from the book The gifts of imperfection dives into that raw, real side of these values.
“Courage sounds great, but we need to talk about how it requires vulnerability and the willingness to let go of what other people think, and for most of us, that’s scary.
Compassion is something we all want, but are we willing to look at why boundary-setting and saying no is a critical component of compassion? Are we willing to say no, even if we’re dissapointing someone?
Unless we’re willing to have an honest conversation about what gets in the way of putting these into practice in our daily lives, we will never change. Never, ever.”