Exercise • Missing Information

You have never looked through another observer's exact eyes, ears, body, history, memory, relationships, fear, position in space, or moment in time.

Share what you know. Describe what you experienced. Help when invited. Never confuse your liberation with somebody else's prescription.

Think of someone whose behavior irritated you. Write your first explanation. Then list ten things you do not know about their experience.

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Compassion does not require remaining available to harm. You can set a boundary without pretending to know the totality of the person.