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Oct 09, 2015, 03:30 PM
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Member Since: Oct 2015
Location: The Star of the North
Posts: 32,762
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Hello PianogirlPlays: Yes, this sounds familiar. I just pretty-much keep to myself. And the reason is that I just don't seem to be able to handle myself in social situations. Every time I get involved in any type of social situation, it seems like I do or say something that either gets me into trouble or embarrasses me in some way or other. I've only been back here on PC for a few days now. And already I've done something which has embarrassed me mightily!
I am a poor, pathetic student of the Buddhist nun Pema Chödrön. Ani Pema teaches that it is those things about ourselves we most despise that are our treasure. We can use these things as a basis for developing compassion for ourselves &, by extension, for others. So I'm trying to look at my most recent self-humiliation as being not something I should try to forget, or hide from, but as a teacher who has come into my life in order to help me as I continue my efforts to develop compassion for my miserable self. I still have a long way to go...
I send you warm wishes for success as you continue with your efforts to progress... 
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