Compassion is a piece of vocabulary that could change us if we truly let it sink into the standards to which we hold ourselves and others.
Krista TippettYou are not going to be perfect every day. It’s about turning up the next day and doing it again.
Krista TippettIf we cant face our losses, we cant be present either fully to everything that is. When people have cut off or not made peace with some part of themselves, they miss out on other aspects of life.
Krista TippettI dont accept the idea that there are two sides to any issue. I think that the middle ground is to be found within most of us.
Krista TippettDepression can kill you. It can also be a spiritually enriching experience. It's really an important part of my theology now and my spirituality that life is not perfect, and I grew up wanting it to be and thinking that if it wasn't, I could make it that way, and I had to acknowledge that I had all kinds of flaws and sadnesses and problems.
Krista Tippett