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blackbootz · 3821 days ago · link · · parent · post: An exercise in analyzing the advice we are given
Maybe not most places, but I'd like to think here you would. ;) I strive to practice empathy in all I do (where's my gold medal??? I kid). Example. while driving: when someone cuts me off or doesn't notice the red light turned green, instead of assuming the worst, I try to invent in my head a story where their actions are perfectly reasonable to them, and are excusable because they're on their way to the hospital or because they're having a ridiculously bad day. I'd like to think it's saved me a few instances of high blood pressure.The last sentence especially I think is critical to truly "getting" empathy and understanding your fellow man. Needless to say, that's not the kind of stuff you're typically going to see in online comments.