It's relatively easy to know another person. To see their flaws, their lovable quirks, their irritating habits. And from all that, to like them, dislike them, shrug and turn away. As though we're in a place to to do something more than just accept them for what they are.
It's one thing to remember that we could be wrong.
It's another to remember that we don't know the whole story.
But it's also important to remember who's doing the seeing. I believe it to be true that what we see in other people is what we have in ourselves. We can't recognise qualities that we don't possess, but we can spot (for example) selfishness because we know it only too well.
What parts of ourselves do we find in others, and how should we deal with them?
If it's ours to deal with them at all.
It's one thing to remember that we could be wrong.
It's another to remember that we don't know the whole story.
But it's also important to remember who's doing the seeing. I believe it to be true that what we see in other people is what we have in ourselves. We can't recognise qualities that we don't possess, but we can spot (for example) selfishness because we know it only too well.
What parts of ourselves do we find in others, and how should we deal with them?
If it's ours to deal with them at all.
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