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BEAR!, The Invisible Divide, Who is Bay, Increasing our Capacity for Connection

BEAR!, The Invisible Divide, Who is Bay, Increasing our Capacity for Connection

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Anson Ross Thompson
Jun 28, 2021
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“Self-absorption in all its forms kills empathy, let alone compassion. When we focus on ourselves, our world contracts as our problems and preoccupations loom large. But when we focus on others, our world expands. Our own problems drift to the periphery of the mind and so seem smaller, and we increase our capacity for connection - or compassionate actio…

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