13/10/2026
โจ ๐ข๐พ๐ท๐ญ๐ช๐ ๐ข๐น๐ช๐ป๐ด
Part 2 of ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐ฒ๐๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ฒโ 12 creative writing invitations to pause, notice, and turn everyday experiences into words.
Have you ever noticed how much easier it can be to offer understanding, compassion, and forgiveness to others than to offer those same qualities to ourselves?
This is where ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ณ-๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป comes in โ one of the central themes we explore at Olotites through our experiential workshops.
One of the practices we often invite participants to try is surprisingly simple: through writing, or even role-play, imagine responding to your own mistakes, failures, or difficult moments with the same understanding and kindness you would offer a dear friend.
But there is an important detail here.
๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ต๐ผ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด, ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฒ๐น๐น ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐บ ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐, ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐.
Because we don't always have that capacity. When we are struggling ourselves, feeling exhausted or lacking care and support, even being there for someone we love can become difficult. And recognising our own needs and limitations is also part of self-compassion.
The point is not that we need to be doing well to deserve kindness. Quite the opposite. It is precisely when we are struggling that we may need it the most.
๐ฆ๐ผ, ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด?
Another approach we love is to borrow someone else's eyes for a moment. Think of someone who genuinely loves and cares for you. How do they see you when you're struggling? How do they speak to you when they are feeling loving and emotionally available? What might change if you allowed yourself to see yourself through their eyes?
And perhaps that's another way poetry and self-compassion meet: through the words we choose, the stories we tell ourselves, and the possibility of seeing ourselves from a different perspective.
๐ฌ Feel like sharing? Leave a sentence, a thought, or a feeling in the comments. Your experience might inspire someone else to look at themselves with a little more kindness.
๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ, ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป'๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ?
Created within the Erasmus+ project ๐ฃ๐ผ๐ฒ๐๐ฟ๐ ๐ก๐ฒ๐๐, a collaboration between ๐ช๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป and ๐ข๐น๐ผ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ co-funded by the European Union, with the support of .
