Within what we call
our “self.”
there are many
“others.”
“Others,”
we aren’t fully aware.
“Others,”
we don’t fully understand.
“Others,”
we don’t fully appreciate.
I often hear people say
empathy
is about the “other.”
If so,
may our pursuit of empathy
begin
with the recognition
that our understanding of empathy
will become more clear
as the separation between “self” and “other”
becomes less clear.