THIS Is A Major Part Of Developing Empathy...
Part of empathy means understanding that not everyone feels how we feel.
That not everyone perceives how we perceive.
That not everyone is experiencing what we are experiencing even if we are going through the same things on paper.
Part of empathy is learning that others have a totally different world view, set of circumstances, set of rules and guidelines they are following and a totally different vantage point about what is and isn’t ‘right’ simply because they have lived a totally different life than you have.
With this, we may start to have an easier time having compassion for ourselves that WE are simply doing the best we can with what WE know and what WE have experienced, and we will have an easier time not seeing others as simply ignorant, evil or willfully wrong - but rather as people who have come to what they have come to based on their lived experience.
Their lived experience that is different from yours.
Part of empathy is understanding that if we had walked in their shoes, had their experience and been in their circumstances we would likely feel, think, speak and act how they are.
This doesn’t excuse harm or mean we have to be ‘ok’ with how everyone is - it’s just a tool for getting out of ‘fight’ mode or seeing others as ‘evil’ and getting into a space of understanding that everyone is doing their best.
From there we can learn to set boundaries, change expectations and adjust how we interact with others in a way that still keeps us safe, but takes us OUT of that ‘fight’ or ‘flight’ mode that just serves to create more division.
Others are not you - and that’s why they are them!
Xoxo
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