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May 13: “brave girl, promise me, you will not shrink yourself in order to make others feel comfortable” Mountains sure don’t, why should we? There’s a huge difference between being empathetic with someone/trying to understand where they’re coming from and making yourself believe you are the same or trying to make them feel that you are on the same page. If that’s how you truly feel, do you! But if it’s not how you feel, it’s okay to feel that way too. Basically feel how you wanna feel. Feeling so deeply can make you vulnerable to embodying the same energy the people around you are emitting. If someone is expressing a deep sadness or anger, it’s easy to say “yeah I totally know what you mean” and then all of a sudden you’re saying all these things you weren’t feeling two minutes ago and eventually you convince yourself that you feel that way too now. Be an attentive listener, but don’t attach yourself to every word. Too often we listen to reply instead of to understand. #lesson13 is all about incorporating more of you in you and less of everyone else’s influence. #bualumni #mountain #snowymountain #smallchanges #listenopenly #yougetmypoint #quotequota #utahtrip #optoutside #thinkforyou #empath #shortandpointy #mildexhaustion #Ramadanweek2 #sundance (at Utah) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxbQRX7l4sH/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=12hv1zuv6f223