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When you start appreciating someone’s uniqueness instead of just seeing them as a label like ‘religious fundamentalist’ or ‘single mother’, you are being empathic.
– Roman Krznaric colourlivingblog.co.uk/in-conversation-with-roman-krznaric/
This reminded me of John Koenig’s beautiful made-up word sonder (dictionaryofobscuresorrows.com/post/23536922667/sonder):
the realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own …
