“I do not ask the wounded person how he feels, I myself become the wounded person.” — Walt Whitman

“It’s important to make sure that we’re talking with each other in a way that heals, not in a way that wounds.” — Barack Obama


Sympathetic

The emptiest head rattles the loudest.

換位思考

設身處地替人著想/感受別人的感受

Empathy is a full-body experience you practice, not just something you think.

Remember: Every single person is fighting a battle you know nothing about. Everyone has done the best they can. No one is crazy. 1


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Footnotes

  1. “No one is crazy. Everyone has their own unique experience with how the world works. What seems crazy to you might make sense to me. We all make decisions based on our own unique experiences that seem to make sense to us in a given moment.” — [@houselPsychologyMoneyTimeless2020]