“There are so many ways of being despicable it quite makes one’s head spin. But the way to be really despicable is to be contemptuous of other people’s pain.”
― James Baldwin.
― James Baldwin.
We think we don't do this....we truly don't mean to do this. But I remember, as a child, the first time I heard someone say, "she's made her bed, now she can sleep it." And it was said so gleefully that it confused me. I asked my mom why someone would say such a thing and she said she didn't have aclue. We rescue each other in my family - thank heavens!! But it's not to say we're perfect. Perhaps we say - 'oh, they're fat and so they 'brought their illness to themselves', blah, blah. Or 'they didn't think....and now they're facing the music." Yes, I realize now...that is being contemptuous of other's pain. And the thing is, we all have been on the other side of such statements. I think that's part of the 'love your neighbor as you love yourself' flip-side of things!! - Beth Almond Ford
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