As a client of mine last night talked about the corrupt world that we live in and the futility they feel about even trying to challenge the system, there was a part of me that really agreed with this view and I could certainly empathise with my client’s feelings of disillusionment, discontent and fear of the future. Listening to my client, I thought about how easy it could be to feel beaten down by the system and to adopt a really negative view of the world we live in.
As I reflected on this, I realised it’s all about your view or perspective and I’d been lucky enough to experience this only minutes before this counselling session. As I walked into work, there were a large group of people outside the courts, singing and rapping about austerity, homelessness and corruption in our government and it really moved me. I am of course moved by the problems that our society faces, but more so, I was touched by this group, using their creativity and passion to campaign and push for a better future for civilisation. It made me think about all of the amazing work that is being done by so many people to challenge the way things are and to support communities.f me that really agreed with this view and I could certainly empathise with my client’s feelings of disillusionment, discontent and fear of the future. Listening to my client, I thought about how easy it could be to feel beaten down by the system and to adopt a really negative view of the world we live in.
It can be easy to forget that genuine compassion and care exists in this day and age, but if we look (and we don’t have to look very far) it is all around us. So we can either be eaten up by futility and cynicism, or we can look to inspiring people who are really coming from a place of compassion. These people can be those around us or public figures like the Dalai Lama who really does come from a place of compassion, with a message of global peace and wellbeing for every person.
I stumbled across this TED article about the Dalai Lama this morning and it just articulates so well why looking to the Dalai Lama for leadership advice might just show us all a more compassionate way of living. http://tinyurl.com/oatbzlx