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A few words come to mind when I think of looking at things in different ways.
Perspective.
View point.
Perception.
Understanding.
Empathy.
These things make up how I assemble my reality.
And like Joni Mitchell and so many others, I have looked at life from both sides now.
I have seen the world through my own eyes, and I have tried to see the world through others'.
With empathy and imagination we are able to try to understand what life is like for someone else.
But we don't ever really walk in their shoes.
We will never know the consciousness of another person.
We can only empathize with the signs and symptoms of living.
But sometimes that, along with listening intently and understanding, is enough.
Just to listen and empathize does not mean to agree. Empathy and understanding do not imply agreement. But at the same time, these things bring us together, despite our differences.
Just as there is an asymptote toward perfection, there is also one toward understanding and learning.
We can go deeper and farther, but we will never. ever. reach the bottom.
"I really don't know life at all." - Joni Mitchell
And I wouldn't have it any other way.
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