One of the most often quoted and pro-offered bits of advice is “walk a mile in their shoes.” Another version of this wisdom is to try and see it from their “point of view.” Jesus said “ “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?” — Luke 6: 37-42
I submit that all of these bits of wisdom are more than admirable; they are essential to a life of wisdom and justice. The problem is that all of them are impossible to follow. You can’t walk a mile in another person’s shoes because their shoes won’t fit you. You can’t see it from their point of view because you are not standing where they are. You will always suffer from a plank in your own eye since this is nothing more than cognitive bias…
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