Questões interiores | Inside questions

Sabem aqueles dias assim…desesperantes?

 

Não que aconteça algo de mau ou que haja stress, dias que são perfeitamente normais até…mas que uma parte de ti, lá dentro, se vai questionando “aguento mais aproximadamente 50 anos disto?” e nem sabes responder…

 

50 x 365 = 18250… são muitos dias… são tantos dias…

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You know those days that just feel like…despair?

Not that something bad happened or not that there’s some stress; days that are perfectly normal, even…but some part of you, inside, questions itself “can I take it, another 50 years or so of this?” and you don’t even know how to answer that…

50 x 365 = 18250… that is a lot of days… it’s so many days…

Compaixão | Compassion

Um minuto de reflexão, uma questão:

Compaixão para connosco não deveria ser tão importante como para com os outros?

Ando a fazer um curso online sobre mindfulness (no site Future Learn) e a questão da compaixão ficou comigo. Talvez por ser tão dura comigo mesma, constantemente, no meu diálogo interior. Um pouco de compaixão e aceitação podem fazer tanta diferença na forma como nos sentimos no dia-a-dia!

E vocês? Quais são os vossos pensamentos sobre este tema?

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A minute for reflection, a question:

Shouldn’t having compassion towards ourselves be as important as it is to have it towards others?

I am doing an online course on mindfulness (at Future Learn) and this issue abuot compassion has stuck with me. Perhaps because I am so harsh on myself, constantly, in my inner dialogue. A bit of compassion and acceptance can make such a big difference in how we feel in everyday life!

What about you? What are your thoughts on this subject?

 

Seasons of Me

Like the Winter sun
whose warmth is shy
I feel cold.
Like the Summer heat
so high
I feel bold.

Like the weather
around the year
I change.
Like a flower
blooming late
I grow.

Like Spring showers
on the land
I sometimes cry.
Like Autumn leaves
through the ground
I go round.

Like the weather
around the year
I change.
Like a flower
blooming late
I grow.