A Reflection on Withholding Judgment: Seeing Strangers as Flawed and Complex Humans
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A short blog post on swissmiss featuring a reflective quote from Kae Tempest's book "On Connection" about withholding harsh judgment and instead seeing strangers as flawed, complex humans shaped by their own struggles, heartbreak, and disappointments.
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· 2 pulledNext time I'm about to cast a harsh judgement on a stranger who offends me, can I allow myself instead to see them as the flawed and complex human that they are?
Full of heartbreak, loss, ambition and disappointment, walking a volatile path of all the things they've ever failed at?
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