There's a guy I see who always seems grumpy and never smiles. I thought he was... you know.... grumpy.
But yesterday I saw him elsewhere, in a different context, and learned about the sorrows and difficulties in his life. No wonder he never smiles. He lives with terrible burdens. It is amazing that he functions at all.
I think I failed Compassion 101 by assuming that he was grumpy.
@mirabilis @katebowles I think we're all just auditing Compassion 101, and there's probably no midterm or final exam. Certainly nothing's pass/fail. You just keep studying, there's no end of group projects and always more to learn💕
@paralithode @katebowles Thank you for this. I will keep trying. Maybe we will do a group project together. Maybe Mastodon is that group project.
