Everyone looks at life through a window.

Some windows are fogged by pain.

Some are tinted by upbringing.

Some cracked by loss.

Some wide open.

Some barely let in light.

So when someone says something that doesn’t make sense to you, it probably does make sense to them.

They’re not being difficult.

They’re just seeing from a different window.

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Most people – maybe more than you think – are peace- and love-seeking creatures who are sometimes caught in bad situations. The most practical thing you can do, even in hard times, is to lead with curiosity, lead with respect, work hard to understand the people you might be taught to detest.

“That means seeing people with generous eyes, offering tr... See more

A HOLISTIC ATTITUDE. A great way to mis-see people is to see only a piece of them. Some doctors mis-see their patients when they see only their bodies. Some employers mis-see workers when they see only their productivity. We must resist every urge to simplify in this way. The art historian John Richardson, Pablo Picasso’s biographer, was once asked

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