understand – when it hurts

Suffering is part of life. We don’t understand why. It just is.

But beyond the here and now, there is more.

Sometimes, we become very focused on our suffering and dwell on it. It helps to look up and remember humanity has suffered since the beginning of time.

There has to be more than what we see.

There has to be more than we understand.

Maybe not having the answers is the answer.

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“First of all,” he said, “if you can learn a simple trick, Scout, you’ll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks. You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view … “

“Sir?”

” … until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.”

-To Kill a Mockingbird

Walk a mile in someone else’s shoes today.