Monday, 29 January 2018

I am not your door mat

“I am not your door mat” - the Buddhist notion of idiot compassion.

This randomly popped up on my computer screen this morning. The source is elephantjournal.com .
I have no idea how this got on my screen but I find it interestingly true.



I’ve been there before. The lines of helping someone or being kind/ forgiving to an unkind person in hopes that your generosity and understanding will miraculously change them or inspire them vs. Being a door mat or not standing up for yourself and enabling the other persons poor behaviour, and allowing this form of abuse to happen to you- the lines can suddenly become blurred.
I believe it comes down to self esteem/ confidence and true love of yourself. That, I have not mastered. But being aware of having this first as being important before anything else is something I’ve realized....


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