To cope in a relationship with a partner who lacks compassion, you must learn to build compassion in the relationship. But not from a selfish point of view. You must do it because you want to help. Read the 8 tips to deal with a partner who lacks compassion
“Being stuck in a phase” is a term that is used to describe someone who is feeling like they are not making any progress in a particular aspect of their life. (This could be financial, emotional, physical, mental, and so on.)
Someone with good values (like love, honesty, loyalty, courage, etcetera) will seek and do the right things, even if it doesn’t feel good. While someone with bad values (like domination, violence, pleasure, etcetera) will seek and do the wrong things, most likely because it feels good.
How then do you shape your values, to nudge yourself into doing good deeds?
Norms are indispensable if we must develop as a society and as individuals. However, those societal standards or expectations may sometimes conflict with your interests and desires, and this leads to Intrapersonal or internal societal conflict.
A spontaneous person does what they believe is right, without depending on external motivation. They can commit and do what it takes even when the external environment or circumstances are not pleasant…even when they don't feel like it.
Although introverts are people who don't have issues (and even enjoy) being alone with their thoughts, I encourage my introverted friends to connect with people they don’t know despite the anxiety or difficulty they may experience. This is because I discovered that I (who is also an introvert) became happier, more refined, and driven when I started connecting with and opening up to more people who didn't know:
The solution to our emotional storms is not in venting or suppressing them, but in improving our intelligence around our emotional minds. That is how we can navigate even through an emotional hurricane.
Why is it important to not give up on yourself? because to give up on yourself is to betray yourself and the world at large. I have seen a man giving up on himself, his passion, his dreams countless times, as he came of age. I am that man. And I can tell you that while there may be several soothing reasons to justify this failure to accomplish your heart desires...
I am not always proud, happy, or in love with myself. Sometimes I even resent myself (which is me being too hard on myself). I struggled (and still struggle) with my self-worth. However, over the years (in course of my personal development) it has become increasingly overt to me that that way of thinking is not only unhealthy but ridiculous.
Your happiness is your happiness – no one should determine it, and neither is it necessary for anyone to understand it, save you. This holds true as long as it is enjoyed within your bonds – as long as it doesn’t cross the lines.
