Where lack of compassion runs

It usually has to do with the fact that the person with a lack of compassion hasn’t faced that kind of adversity.

For instance, someone who says that “you should just not break the law” has no experience with the court system. And someone who says “get a job and work” hasn’t been without money. The examples are endless.

When we can’t visualize ourselves in someone else’s shoes, we struggle to bring empathy to our imagination. The trap we fall into is this: We assume that our efforts count twice as much than the people around us. That we are doing the best we can but others are not. Meaning we are seduced to believe the problem is others. Not ourselves.