Erhan

“Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don’t. ​— ​Bill Nye Something that I forget time and time again is that the person in front of me is usually trying their best. It can be tempting to judge people based on specific actions. It can be so easy to label someone as bad, selfish, obnoxious, or arrogant—sometimes even evil. We rarely stand in the shoes of others, see through their eyes, and truly understand their perspectives. But if and when we catch ourselves displaying those same behaviors, we have the opportunity to see and understand the context that may have given rise to them. In a similar way, as we grow in knowledge, experience, and wisdom, we can be lured into thinking that we have all the answers—that we know best. There’s something intrinsically dangerous about that rigidity of belief and unwillingness to learn from others. As the Zen proverb goes, “It takes a wise person to learn from his or her mistakes, but an even wiser one to learn from others.”
― Aria Campbell-Danesh, A Mindful Year: Daily Meditations: Reduce Stress, Manage Anxiety, and Find Happiness in Everyday Life