Dear Friends, I am an Irish Newfoundlander and Labradorean, who believed passionately in non-violent, lawful and legal resistance to all forms of violence and domination. My views on the root causes and the catastrophic suffering of war are totally different from those of the ruling elite in this province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. I respect that for a majority of people in Newfoundland and Labrador, the incredible suffering of the entire population of Newfoundland

Dear Friends, Here I am posting a talk by Father Lawrence Freeman who is the current Director of the World Community of Christian Meditation. Father Lawrence attending a Raising Hope Conference in Rome recently. First of all if you are among the many people who have had horrible experiences because of family members or people you met in a church, gurdwara, mosque, synagogue or temple, I understand and I empathize. Most of us have been taught about a terrifying and impossible

https://becompassionatenl.substack.com/p/an-eye-evades-a-thing-it-does-not Dear Friends, I am absolutely devoted to family. Here, Alexia Bonato and Isabelle Zakman speak about how Peace begins at home. I wish to share with Kevin Roberts, Mark Levine, Russell Vought, and all members of the GOP, the administration, Congress, and the Senate that, by enabling what these Peace activists share, we will improve the lives of children, their parents, and extended families. https://www

How should we view World War I ? World War I is such an intensely emotional topic even a century after there was silence on the western front, there are deep, deep wounds embedded in all our psyches. Everywhere there are grieving families suffering after warfare for many generations.

Dear Friends, I am absolutely devoted to my family. At the heart of family is love, kindness and loving kindness. I will pray for Kevin Roberts and Mark Levin’s souls. The American dream has been stolen by massive crooks like Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein. Trillions have been stolen from ordinary, normal Americans and since the time of Reagan. To me these men are much more likely to want to protect powerful sexual predators rather than to prevent abuse of young girls and y

Dear Friends, I have been studying how Donald Trump has joined Vladimir Putin and other infinitely narcissistic, machiavellian, sadistic and psychopathic men in successfully attacking and demolishing the great work of tens and possibly hundreds of millions if not billions of people have invested in creating functional societies that protect babies, children , girls, boys and adults of all ages from abuse, brutality, coercive control, cruelty, sadism, torture, violence and war

Compassion insists we focus on protecting and supporting our precious pregnant parents, babies, children, and young families by ensuring they have the resources needed to thrive. Dr. Gábor Máté – Transgenerational trauma, stressed environment, and child’s diagnosis call us to create safe spaces for the thousands of homeless people living among us. Compassion calls us to recognize that many of us may struggle with anxiety, depression, grief, illness, hunger, loneliness, and pa

Making the peace can be very hard work, especially when entire communities are heavily invested in seeing another community as “other”. Laughter is really good for our health and is a great way to build community. Warm affectionate teasing and joking is a wonderful way to grow relationships. Gentle comedy is a wonderful source of joy and fun. Making people laugh is a skill. Some people like visual jokes, others enjoy pranks, puns, slapstick. Cross-cultural humor is challengin

We are cultivating compassion and kindness in 2021 calls all of us to respond attentively and wisely to the Premier’s Economic Recovery Team led by Dame Moya Greene, the passionate voices of our extraordinary community activists, and the highly well-written parallel report from the “People’s Recovery” team. As a kind and compassionate Newfoundlander and Labradorian by choice, I respond to the Forward of the report titled “The Big Reset,” released on May 6, 2021. The report is

Creating positive pro-social ecological change is not going to be easy. Laughter is only suitable for our health and is also a great way to build community. Warm, affectionate teasing and joking are beautiful ways to grow relationships. Gentle comedy is an excellent source of joy and fun. Making people laugh is a skill. Some people like visual jokes, while others enjoy pranks, puns, and slapstick. Cross-cultural humor is challenging. Hats off to Josh Pray, an outstanding Amer

July 1st 2021, my friend Csongi and his son kept me company today. It was cold and rainy at the Colonial Building, in St. John’s, NL, Canada. Appropriate weather for grieving with our First Nations’ sisters and brothers. #everychildmatters #chaqueenfantcompte

Reimagining a bright and vibrant future for all, March 2022 newsletter Here at BeCompassionateNL, on a bright sunny day, we acknowledge with great sadness the suffering caused by President Vladimir Putin’s tragic decision to invade Ukraine. We have never felt the need for our compassion cultivation work to be stronger. We are working to manage our shadow selves, by systematically working to convert our fears into creativity, our anger into courage, and our grief into compass

At BeCompassionateNl.inc we love life and living. We love to have fun, laugh, and play. We love beauty, sunrises and sunsets, birds, bees, plants, and trees. We try to love kale but some of us prefer milk chocolate …. We love animals, art, books, comedy, crafts, creativity, dance, music, philosophy, science, sports, and theology. We love family, friends, and community. diversity and inclusion. We love nature and are heartbroken to learn that our activities as humans are now

Dr. Frances Scully is happy to share one of her favorite programs, Compassion Cultivation Training (CCT), with everyone. Compassion Cultivation Training aims to develop the characteristics of kindness, compassion, and empathy for others and oneself. Certified teachers worldwide teach others about CCT, and Dr. Scully is one of them. You can get many things from CCT, and Dr. Scully is more than happy to share those things with you. The course is now available online and is spre

TÚS MAITH LEATH NA HOIBRE. “A Good Start is Half the Work”: Irish phrase translated into English “Tús maith leath na hoibre.”: Irish Phrase “Toos mah lah neh hib-ra”: Pronunciation of the Irish Phrase “Kwe, I respectfully acknowledge this land on which I now live and which provides me with joy and shelter as the ancestral homelands of the Beothuk, whose poignant history is now under revision. I acknowledge the island of Ktamqamkuk (Newfoundland) as the unceded, traditional te

TA SUIL AGAM GO BHFUIL TU I MBARR NA SLAINTE Douglas, Isle of Man English: I hope that you are in the best of health. Irish: Ta suil agam go bhfuil tu i mbarr na slainte Pronunciation of the Irish taw su-ill ah-gum guh will tu ih marr nah slawn-che Kwe, I respectfully acknowledge this land on which I live and which provides me with joy and shelter as the ancestral homelands of the Beothuk, whose poignant history is now under revision. I acknowledge the island of Ktamqamkuk (N