Trauma Stewardship

It could follow, then, that we may be thankful for the opportunity and that we may experience being able to do the work as an honor.

we’ve all made a choice to do the work we’re doing

Let me say, at the risk of seeming ridiculous, that the true revolutionary is guided by great feelings of love.”

An example of this is the practice of welcoming the difficult people in our lives as “teachers,”

Remind yourself that while the suffering may seem endless, so is what we have to be grateful for

What is a sense of humor? Surely not the ability to understand a joke. It comes rather from a residing feeling of one’s own absurdity. It is the ability to understand a joke—and that the joke is oneself.”

And sometimes it’s that little door that can save your life.

Humor opens up some little door that lets you see yourself and the situation in a bigger picture.

Humor has the ability to help you shift perspective quickly.

working out, writing, singing, chanting, dancing, martial arts, walking, and laughing, just as long as these activities are done with mindfulness.