Energy of the Week for July 11-17, 2011: Compassion

Compassion is one of the most natural and passionate feelings you experience toward others. It is your warm consideration of them. As one of the greatest expressions of your sensitivity, it shows your deep care and profound understanding of their situation and your true desire to help them help themselves. If a person is robbed of all of their compassion, what would be left is a cold and self-lived egotist who is incapable of loving themselves, let alone others. What can help you be more compassionate in every area of your life?

How the energy of this week affects you in your personal life:
It is important to be compassionate with yourself first. Take a moment and ask:  am I being sensitive to myself enough? Do I understand myself completely? Do I have the patience and calmness to figure myself out when I get confused? Am I treating myself in a kind and nice way at all times? If you are not completely sure of the above, you may need to boost your self-compassion. Spiritually, you are the most important person to yourself first. Although you live inside your own skin, you may not know exactly what is going on or why you experience certain things in the way you do. As long as you have a true desire to find answers for yourself, you always will. In the meantime, you will want to keep an open heart and mind and remain calm to allow the answers to reveal themselves. No matter what, how you treat yourself affects you directly. Having the best attitude and love for yourself predetermines the outcome of everything for you. Embrace yourself with gentleness and extend this to everyone else so the nicest opportunities will come your way.

How the energy of this week affects you in your business life:
For many, it is the business hours that take up most of the day. You are either directly or indirectly dealing with the people you are being of service to. How you treat them and what you feel for them is actually controlled by how you feel about yourself. Since your relationship with them is based on offering something of benefit, having compassion is crucial. Remember an instance when you were receiving a service and the person offering it simply did not care. This probably turned you off and forced you to look elsewhere for what you needed. What you truly feel for your customers means everything. They will feel it on their end and it makes all the difference in the world. If you want to have more returning customers who are pleased with what you do, always think how you would like to be treated if you were them. Offer the utmost concern and diligent care to address everything they bring to your attention. The happier you keep them, the better your results.  

How the energy of this week affects you in your social life:
The more compassion you have with your family and friends, you will have a bigger perspective of how to deal with them in any given situation. This will allow you to understand them on a deeper level. In order to do this, it is important to remove yourself from the equation. Since they are so close to you, you may be too partial. To be objective, look at the picture with only them in it. Find out exactly how it looks from their point-of-view. This could help you realize their position better and be the key to solving everything once you are able to add yourself (not your emotions) back into it. As long as you are being considerate of what matters to them, the more open they will be with you. Once this peaceful and loving balance is established, it will be much easier to know how to proceed. This process will bring you closer together and pay off in the end. Keeping hearts open on both sides helps link them together.