• from stuck in the past & future toward dynamic presence
• from rigidity & cynicism toward psychological flexibility, acceptance, humor & joy
• from self-centered reactivity toward altruistic response to others’ needs
• from “I can’t handle this” toward increasing abilities to manage complexity, ambiguity & difficulty with competence & composure
For health-care professionals, this journey should be an intentional practice, since we can only effectively form healing connections with our patients, others, and ourselves, at an elevated level of consciousness - towards which this ageless human journey leads.
“Much of our daily interaction with our fellow human beings is empathic because that is our core nature.
… the extraordinary evolution of empathic consciousness is the quintessential underlying story of human history.” Jeremy Rifkin
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