As the world changes post covid, each of us would do to be a little more empathetic, a little more compassionate. And we can start with small actions..

1. COMPASSION
The New Normal
BY BIMAL RATH
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2. - DALAI LAMA
Compassion is the
radicalism of our time.
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3. I believe that this base of humility
can lead to our becoming more
compassionate. This is the time to
connect with humanity at large, and
with our inner selves. And the
higher the uncertainty, the greater
the need for being compassionate.
There are still many
unknowns &
uncertainties
AT A BROADER LEVEL, THIS IS
THE BASE FOR HUMILITY
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4. FIRST, DEAL WITH
NEGATIVE EMOTIONS
AND THE STRESS
CYCLE
Our best acts of compassion can come if we are
balanced in mind, body and spirit.
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5. COMPASSION AS A
WAY OF LIFE
Every single one of us can move to being more
compassionate in general. What empathy could do is to
ease the route to more and deeper heartfelt
conversations. And that may well be the route to a more
caring world. Be it corporate organisations,
governments or for that matter, in any other setting, this
may be the only way to reduce and hopefully take away
the stress and negative emotions at an individual and
collective level.
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6. COMPASSION AND EMPATHY CAN
ALSO JUST REMAIN ESOTERIC
WORDS.
WHAT DO THEY MEAN IN PRACTICE?
Here's a ready reckoner for starters--feel free to add actions
suitable to one's context.
Let's start small, in action, not just intent.
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7. Family & friends
Focus on:
Connection, Re-connection
Actions you could take:
• Call parents/elderly relatives proactively
• Share work at home, be energetic
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8. Co-workers
Focus on:
Listening, Collaboration
Actions you could take:
• Allow space & time, do not push
• Help out on WFH skills & be patient
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9. Co-habitats
Focus on:
Small helping gestures, Sharing the pain; trustful
actions
Actions you could take:
• Helping out frontline folks
• Help less-abled or elderly in your
neighbourhood
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10. Environment
Focus on:
Building greener habitats, Creating a new normal
of consumption behaviors
Actions you could take:
Take a frugality pledge - less fuel burn, less
packaged consumption
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11. Society
Focus on:
Do unto others as..., Spreading positivity
Actions you could take:
• Help the less fortunate in your immediate
community
• Serve in whatever way you can
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12. Self
Focus on:
Educating & skilling oneself, Maintaining balance
Actions you could take:
• Build 2 daily habits that keep you healthy &
build immunity
• Pick up a new hobby or re-discover an old one
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13. Many may think that being
empathetic and compassionate
means less focus on 'business'
and economic gains. I would
like to strongly advocate that
these go hand in hand.
A more empathetic
organisation, for example, may
well be able to carry people
along much better on the path
of effectiveness and
performance.
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14. WHEN DO WE FEEL TOUCHED?
A small gesture, a small word here and there, a listening ear. It's
time to get back to these much needed habits, and each of us
can certainly do it in our own ways.
WOULD WE NOT LIKE TO LIVE IN A
MORE COMPASSIONATE WORLD?
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15. Our human compassion binds us the one to the
other - not in pity or patronizingly, but as human
beings who have learnt how to turn our common
suffering into hope for the future.
- NELSON MANDELA
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16. THANK YOU.
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