You Inhale Life To Exhale Life

Let’s look at compassion in a humbling manner.

An empath often finds themselves in a heartspace where helping/supporting/facilitating someone does not come organically to them — it happens because there cup isn’t full enough to pour out in that moment.

It is hard and conflicting for the empath to feel that way not only because they have an identity to maintain in the world but also because they have an identity to maintain for themselves. When one identifies with partaking in something, it contributes to one’s self-esteem. However, when they find that they cannot contribute in the same way, even if it’s one instance, it’s sometimes enough to make them question whether they really are what they claim to be.

This may not happen with someone who has already worked through this self-doubt. But, being in the sphere of mental health, I have come across so many practitioners who have questioned their true calling on the days they have felt as if they are burning out. It is excruciating for these people to accept that they are getting tired and drained. Do you think it’s because once you start helping people, you almost forget that you need help too?

We need to normalise helpers seeking help. Nobody, absolutely nobody in this world can give without receiving. The concept of taking care of oneself before one takes care of others is way more true than we accept it to be.

Every individual deserves a setting where they receive what you give out: “you must inhale life to exhale life.”

The concept of giving is beautiful, but why don’t we respect receiving as much as we aggrandise giving?

The person who gives, do they not deserve to receive?

The person who helps you, do they not deserve help themselves?

Are we taking away the humanness from the giver?

Are we expecting the giver to be well put together at all costs?

Before we start helping our givers understand the power of receiving, we must check in with ourselves and ask how we perceive receiving.