
as i listened to an excellent lecture, in a discussion on anger tree, i thought that I would not list the fruits of the tree as all the negative feelings. personally, when listening to an angry person, even if this person is directing his or her anger at me particularly, i feel compassion, along with other feelings [mentioned by the participants of the workshop]. just wanted to add, that compassion is one of the valued, unusual, under-appreciated responses to anger.
Friday, May 15, 2009
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Should we then just feel sorry for anyone angry at us? Something is missing with it.....
i found, Tanya, mostly from working with students in my school, that feeling compassion and feeling sorry for someone are different. it seems to me that in this context to be compassionate is rather to co-feel, feel with someone...
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