they are worth the time. The compassionate observer can see there is a reason for all things and they don’t require judgment, only compassion. When we come from a place of compassion, change can be gentle and permanent. Your compassionate witness is ALWAYS compassionate and never judging, no matter what it is you or anyone else has done. Exercise: • As you read this, become the observer watching yourself read. As a compassionate observer, what do you notice about yourself? 161 • If IAm So Smart, Why Can’t I Lose Weight? When I am comYassionately obse1ving mysel+3 IlooX at eve1y action ItaXe anC say “N+ coD1se ICiC that3” it helYs eve1ything maXe sense.