Saint Augustine pointed out that our ability to love someone is tied to the capacity us learning something from them.
Maybe we learn in order to love. Or we love in order to learn.
If this is true, then our need to understand reality in a deeper way is tied not only to survival but also to a more profound need for both True Learning and True Connection. So, trying to learn from those around you may actually be a way to unlock empathy with them.
A friend of mine keeps calling it a “superpower” (hi Chico!) but I think it’s even deeper than that. Empathy and love are almost like Magic.
It allows a paradigm shift in so many situations.
It allows for patience, forgiveness, growth…
It connects us and unlocks transformation.
As Giordano Bruno pointed out when thinking about his cosmical theories: the connection between all the celestial beings is love.
I hope you have a weekend filled with it.