How to Stop Rescuing Other People to Feel Good About Yourself
“If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.” ~Jack Kornfield
It seemed like the natural thing to do.
A middle-aged man had dropped his keys near me. I jumped up, hopped over, picked the keys up, and gave them back to him.
Not so unusual, except I had a badly twisted ankle after slipping on a walking holiday and needed to rest it while the pain and swelling went down. I struggled back to my seat, wincing.
It was a small incident but symbolic of my rescuing, codependent, instinctive habits at the time. If something needed doing, I …
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