Sunday, March 27, 2016

The opposite of this inattention is love

"I notice that I have to pay careful attention in order to listen to others with an openness that allows them to be as they are, or as they think themselves to be. The shutters of my mind habitually flip open and click shut, and these little snaps form into patterns I arrange for myself.

The opposite of this inattention is love, is the honoring of others in a way that grants them the grace of their own autonomy and allows mutual discovery."

Anne Truitt on Compassion, Humility, and How to Cure Our Chronic Self-Righteousness


https://www.brainpickings.org/2014/09/12/anne-truitt-humility-compassion-righteousness/

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