today, i talk about how important it is to recognize our own humanness so that we can accept the humanness in others. sometimes we hurt, and sometimes we get hurt. we should never see life as black and white or “us vrs them.” someone hurting you doesn’t make them bad and it doesn’t even mean they meant to. even if they were aware of the pain they were causing you, they must have felt pain and confusion within themselves. people give what they feel inside. and haven’t you felt those same feelings? so shouldn’t you have sympathy? we are more alike than we would like to believe, and that is beautiful. we can relate to others in extraordinary ways if we allow ourselves to. forgiving doesn’t make their actions right, it just makes them human, like us.