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Praise Her
A Goddess for Fostering Kindness and Compassion
Green Tara reminds us to do our part to create a more loving world
Why should you expend energy on becoming more kind and compassionate? First, when we extend kindness to others it actually makes us happier and healthier. Second, kind people are sexy. Most importantly, look around — the world needs you at your best right now. When we are kind and helpful, we set off a chain reaction that impacts the well-being of everyone.
We are saturated with information about the importance of meditation and mindfulness. Meditation alleviates stress and anxiety, helps us manage pain, and makes us happier. (Hooray for us!) I truly believe all of these claims are true. However, a mindfulness practice is only half the picture. If you are on a spiritual or self-improvement path, it’s equally important to cultivate compassion for yourself and others. Once cultivated, you must act on that energy. Like, get up and do something. While I see a lot of information on the benefits of self-love and self-care, I don’t see as much content describing the benefits of helping others. We can connect with Green Tara to cultivate compassion and extend kindness to others as well as ourselves.
