Self-Compassion Skills

• Self-Awareness (also called Mindfulness)
  Ability to observe what we are experiencing.
• Self-Empathy
  Ability to relate to ourselves with understanding.
• Acceptance
  Ability to be present with both pleasant and painful feelings.
• Kindness
  Ability to respond to ourselves with warmth and caring.
• Wise Self-Care
  Ability to act in ways that promote our long-term well-being and happiness.

Wise self-care extends beyond any narrow conception of self-interest and leads us toward being compassionate to others. Taking care of ourselves, we take care of others. And, taking care of others, we take care of ourselves.

This Difficult Thing of Being Human: The Art of Self-Compassion
Bodhipaksa

Boredom

Boredom is never a description of reality, but a description of a state of mind superimposed upon reality. Boredom is often a surrender of sensitivity, clouding our capacity to see, listen to, and touch each moment as if we have never encountered it before.

Solution

The antidote to boredom is not more sounds, sensations, and experiences, but recovering our capacity to see anew each moment. The world we think we know, the people we think know, the sights and sounds we have encountered countless times before, come alive in new ways each moment we give them our wholehearted attention.

The Buddhist Path to Simplicity
Christina Feldman

Mindfulness is the basis for transforming ourselves and creating a more harmonious family and society. It is the miracle that allows us to become fully alive in each moment. The deepest fruit of mindfulness practice is the realization that peace and joy are available, within us and around us, right here and right now. This is something we can taste, and we can offer it to everyone we meet and everyone we love.

Thich Nhat Hanh 

Practicing Mindfulness
Jerry Braza