I know how it feels to have driven all compassion out of my heart and laugh at the pain of someone else
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Acknowledgment of personal hardening and loss of empathy.
- In plain terms
- I know what it is to lose kindness.
- What can you take from it?
- Beware hardening your heart.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do you protect your heart?
- Can compassion be recovered?
Another view
Hardening can be a defense mechanism.
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