#Compassion

"In wrenching interviews, nurses, doctors, technicians — and even administrative staff and dental hygienists who haven’t directly treated covid-19 patients — explained the impulse to quit and the emotional wreckage
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The @cityofokc council is considering an extension of the mask mandate in OKC this morning. As per usual, some public comments, and comments by members of council, are stunningly ignorant
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Trump will not get over 50% in Utah. He did not last time and he won't this time.But that does not mean Biden will win. He will still do better
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Sometimes, like when we're not mindful or using our intuitive empathy, we only see people's exterior actions and demeanor, without considering the underlying feelings that cause this behavior. Have you
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Since we was talking healing yesterday, I wanna remind y'all that alot of these older folk never really healed. They may have healed from their past but they still feel
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Men aren't "scared" to commit, they're quite rightfully, cautious in dedicating themselves to what is a high stakes decision with life long consequences. The inability to appreciate this belies a
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Today I turn 60. As I sit reflecting on the past year, it was filled with many blessings & obstacles.My daughters are amazing. There were law degrees, marriage, engagement, new
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Finished up 1st & 2nd Thess in my morning reading & turned back to the OT. (I go back & forth between the two) In Amos today. Remember, 1 reason
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I realize now that there is a whole swath of people who have given up on the work of liberation. They are suicidal and homicidal. The drive to survive has
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@utumno_4 Your profile page says nothing about you but I'll guess you have never: Held a baby born destined to die for 8 hours who was born without a functioning
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Last night in A&E shook me up tbh. I know that black people's - especially black women's - pain isn't taken seriously. But the callousness of the nurse at reception
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It’s tough to teach little ones about anti-Blackness and police brutality because we think of children as innocent. We don’t want to “teach racism.” But if your kids have light-skin,
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Separate to the larger convo here, but this *is* a good question. In my life time, I’ve observed more and more friends identifying as “chronically ill” or “chronically fatigued.” It
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1/9People are going back outside & most states are opening back up. You'd be forgiven for thinking we've turned the corner on coronavirus. But we are reminded of a somber
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Insomnia has me in a reflective mood about my career in policing so far, there are a lot of things that I don’t think I could ever have been prepared
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Americans, you’re being lied to.A thread. They say we want to disband police departments (and that we hate the police): we don’t, that’s a lie. We want to weed out
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