As a non-physician, I really was not fully aware of the tedious details of just making it through the day, with proper infection control. I get to work from home... And yet, we're all in this together, each of us in their own way, and we'll make it to the other end. I like the concept of compassion vigor...
Imagining all of this seems surreal. I see a positive emerging from this ... real caring, hierarchy set aside. It's a good thing.
I recall a time walking with you through a central part of the hospital and an elderly lady approached us. You called out her name and the two of you embraced. She was a former patient and as you inquired about her well-being, I stepped away and just observed. It was at that moment I knew what an amazing physician you are. Authentic caring...it's what is needed all the time, not just in times like these.
Compassion starts with us and depends on us. It cannot be enforced but it can be infectious. It can touch people’s hearts and may compel them to reciprocate. Compassion may not emerge from connectedness, but it certainly creates connectedness. Nothing connects people with more sincerity than compassion, far more than any materialistic things may connect.
Compassion is a spectrum with vigor at one end and the fatigue at the other. Where one stands with compassion depends on prevailing environment as well as on the individual’s patience and capacity for tolerance. How fast, with what vigor, and in which direction on the spectrum a person will move will depend on these factors.
Compassion is always a fountain of resilience and rejuvenation that can never be depleted. It may become or remain dormant but cannot be ignored by anyone in normal state of mind. Those who do practice compassion as part of their personality and enjoy what they do, they can never be fatigued to the point of no return. It is normal to get tired, even exhausted, physically and mentally, but the moment one starts thinking of others, and of one’s duty in the service of others, the vigor restores automatically. Once we put ourselves in the other’s shoes and feel their pain, suffering and needs, feelings of empathy and actions of compassion emerge automatically, the vigor to act and help replaces exhaustion and fatigue.
Staying together and staying connected, with empathy and compassion, even when physically disconnected, creates the fountain of vigor, of resilience and rejuvenation. This feeling of belonging is what replaces compassion fatigue by compassion vigor.
As a non-physician, I really was not fully aware of the tedious details of just making it through the day, with proper infection control. I get to work from home... And yet, we're all in this together, each of us in their own way, and we'll make it to the other end. I like the concept of compassion vigor...
Imagining all of this seems surreal. I see a positive emerging from this ... real caring, hierarchy set aside. It's a good thing.
I recall a time walking with you through a central part of the hospital and an elderly lady approached us. You called out her name and the two of you embraced. She was a former patient and as you inquired about her well-being, I stepped away and just observed. It was at that moment I knew what an amazing physician you are. Authentic caring...it's what is needed all the time, not just in times like these.
Compassion starts with us and depends on us. It cannot be enforced but it can be infectious. It can touch people’s hearts and may compel them to reciprocate. Compassion may not emerge from connectedness, but it certainly creates connectedness. Nothing connects people with more sincerity than compassion, far more than any materialistic things may connect.
Compassion is a spectrum with vigor at one end and the fatigue at the other. Where one stands with compassion depends on prevailing environment as well as on the individual’s patience and capacity for tolerance. How fast, with what vigor, and in which direction on the spectrum a person will move will depend on these factors.
Compassion is always a fountain of resilience and rejuvenation that can never be depleted. It may become or remain dormant but cannot be ignored by anyone in normal state of mind. Those who do practice compassion as part of their personality and enjoy what they do, they can never be fatigued to the point of no return. It is normal to get tired, even exhausted, physically and mentally, but the moment one starts thinking of others, and of one’s duty in the service of others, the vigor restores automatically. Once we put ourselves in the other’s shoes and feel their pain, suffering and needs, feelings of empathy and actions of compassion emerge automatically, the vigor to act and help replaces exhaustion and fatigue.
Staying together and staying connected, with empathy and compassion, even when physically disconnected, creates the fountain of vigor, of resilience and rejuvenation. This feeling of belonging is what replaces compassion fatigue by compassion vigor.
Relationships matter. Friendships. Bonds. That’s all. 😊