When We're Busy, We Tighten

The first major area we close down our compassion is when we feel in some way endangered, right? There's so many ways thatwe if we feel threatened with we're going to in some way fail. As soon as that happens, that survival brain kicks in and we become less attuned. And i can say for myself, when i am feeling that, when i feel like i'm trying to get to the next thing and check things off the list, i'm not in an open hearted place. I hear news, and it's not like my heart becomes a tender and resonant cause. When we're busy, we tighten. So we can wake up to it and just see