During the loving kindness exercise, which I like much better than following along with the audio, I focused on people in general, not just people I love or people I dislike, but everyone. I thought about the needy, and the suffering especially though because I think I just have such compassion toward them and really feel like I should or need to help them.
Afterward I did the self assessment exercise and determined that my area that is lacking the most is the the worldly. I found that I am also lacking quite a bit in the interpersonal area as well, but definitely the worldly is the worst for me. I'm actually pretty good in the other two areas though. I care a lot about my fitness and nutrition and I feel like I am pretty good at expressing my emotions not just to myself but to others. Back to the worldly area though. I think I'm lacking in this area because I really don't do much in my day to day to impact my community or environment as a whole. I don't recycle, I've given to charity a few times but not nearly enough I'm sure, I haven't done much to help with global warming or social issues or health policies either. I'm pretty much lacking completely in this area I've found. So I've decided that my first step should be a small one just to get the ball rolling. I've chosen recycling! I could just start with cans, then once I've made that a habit get more into it with paper and glass. Just for a reminder I think it'll be a good idea to go get those little division bin things! Then if I don't recycle at least those will be staring me in the face making me feel guilty for not lol.
Afterward I did the self assessment exercise and determined that my area that is lacking the most is the the worldly. I found that I am also lacking quite a bit in the interpersonal area as well, but definitely the worldly is the worst for me. I'm actually pretty good in the other two areas though. I care a lot about my fitness and nutrition and I feel like I am pretty good at expressing my emotions not just to myself but to others. Back to the worldly area though. I think I'm lacking in this area because I really don't do much in my day to day to impact my community or environment as a whole. I don't recycle, I've given to charity a few times but not nearly enough I'm sure, I haven't done much to help with global warming or social issues or health policies either. I'm pretty much lacking completely in this area I've found. So I've decided that my first step should be a small one just to get the ball rolling. I've chosen recycling! I could just start with cans, then once I've made that a habit get more into it with paper and glass. Just for a reminder I think it'll be a good idea to go get those little division bin things! Then if I don't recycle at least those will be staring me in the face making me feel guilty for not lol.
Jerrica, It's nice to see that you are interested in doing more to help your community and helping the environment by starting to recycle. In our community we have curbside recycling and it's so nice. We recycle everything. I am also not the best at the volunteer thing mostly because of lack of time so what I chose to do was run in as many 5k's for a cause like the race for the cure, get your rear in gear (colo-rectal cancer), Progeria for a cure, the American heart 10k etc. There are so many and what I like about that is I am donating money to help find cures to these terrible diseases, but also keeping fit.
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Rachel
That sounds amazing and I love to run! I never really thought about those races like that before...thanks for the tip :)
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