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Moving Closer to Those We Hate
Cory Muscara
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Hi, welcome back to
your Daily Mindfulness.
In today's session, I want to
share a quote by Abraham Lincoln.
So one of my favorite Abraham Lincoln
quotes is, "I don't like this, man.
I must get to know him."
Very simple.
"I don't like this, man.
I must get to know him."
Our tendency in relationship,
especially when we're behind our
computer and using our judgmental
mind against everything that we're
seeing, especially with politics, is
to label people as other or having bad
qualities or having poor character.
And we see something that we
don't like, and we use it as an
indictment against their character
and it just creates more separation.
Well, what I like about this
quote is that it's actually
inviting us to get closer.
Saying I don't like this person.
Maybe I should get closer to them.
Maybe I should understand them.
And it was Brené Brown who said
"It's hard to hate people up close."
When you get to know a person, when you
understand their internal world a bit
more, there tends to be more empathy.
We see our shared humanity and
there's less division and othering.
And so as you navigate your own life
and your own relationships, notice
this tendency, like I don't like
this person I need to step away.
And what would it be like to shift
that to I don't like this person.
Maybe I need to get closer.
Thank you for your practice.
Let's settle in for today's meditation.
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