{"id":3318,"date":"2013-08-16T09:34:02","date_gmt":"2013-08-16T14:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/collectiveinquiry.com\/?p=3318"},"modified":"2013-08-16T09:34:02","modified_gmt":"2013-08-16T14:34:02","slug":"compassionate-driving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/collectiveinquiry.com\/?p=3318","title":{"rendered":"Compassionate driving"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This morning as I was driving, I saw a driver cut another one off in traffic. My first thought was\u00a0<em>what a jerk<\/em>. Of course if I had been the one cut off, I would have had more colorful names for that driver. It just so happens that I had that experience just a couple of days ago. As I was driving, someone cut in front of me and I felt some anger start to arise.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3320\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/collectiveinquiry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/rush-hour.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3320\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3320\" alt=\"Image by altoburgo\" src=\"https:\/\/collectiveinquiry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/rush-hour-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/collectiveinquiry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/rush-hour-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/collectiveinquiry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/rush-hour.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3320\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sxc.hu\/photo\/826808\">altoburgo<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Driving is definitely one area that I need to increase my compassion. Since I have been focusing on developing more compassion, as I felt the anger start, I thought about what I could do to express compassion. It dawned on me that I should pray for the driver that he or she could get to wherever they were going safely. As I did, I felt myself calm down and relax.<\/p>\n<p>It is interesting that even though the driver wasn&#8217;t aware of the compassion that was expressed (unless the universe somehow delivers the message), expressing compassion helped me. I had never really thought of the benefits of expressing compassion, just receiving it. While it&#8217;s probably not true compassion if we do it for selfish reasons, it is nice to know that when it is given, it helps the sender.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This morning as I was driving, I saw a driver cut another one off in traffic. My first thought was\u00a0what a jerk. Of course if I had been the one cut off, I would have had more colorful names for that driver. 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