Compassion

As I sit here stuffed up with cold and worn from the month's meditation work I wonder, can I have compassion for myself in this moment?
Instead of crawling up in a ball and sleeping it off or averting myself from the present moment with distractions of phone calls or e-mails. Can I begin to transform all the collective trauma and inevitable change that is in the automn air into a tiny seed of mercy for myself and others??? I have heard the words of kindness and compassion so often, but never thought it applied to me until recently. The Buddha said you will never find anyone more deserving of compassion than yourself, yet so often we forget.
As this new project beging and friends begin to unite for the first time, I humbly thank everyone for thier effort in making this happen, and I welcome the energy of compassion.
Om shanti
Angela