• Cuchullion@lemmy.world
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      12 hours ago

      That’s where I’m trying to land with it: I did not like that man and hated the viewpoints he advocated, but with his death there’s a wife missing her husband, children their father, parents their son, and I can feel bad for them around this situation.

      I’m reaching for empathy- if there’s a hope of getting through this current mess with our souls intact it’ll be by reaching for empathy, even when it’s hard.

      • classic@fedia.io
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        10 hours ago

        Doing the hard thing when it’s the hardest thing to do is how we move out of the primitive brain and into higher functioning