Show him who I am, so he will pity me instead of fearing me. And then we can turn pity into compassion, and compassion into understanding, and understanding into affection, and affection into love, and love into life, the life of our children, the life of the new self we will become together
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- A progression from pity to love is described as a path to building a shared life.
- In plain terms
- Start with pity and move through understanding to love and life together.
- What can you take from it?
- Compassion can grow into love and shared purpose.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Can pity turn into love?
- How do you build connection?
Another view
It simplifies complex emotions into a linear progression.
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