Madara Austriņa

“When bad things happened to other people, I imagined them happening to me. I didn’t know if this was empathy or theft.”
― Leslie Jamison, The Empathy Exams

“Tu esi miers, miers, miers
Pasaule guļ mums pie kājām
Ar Tevi kopā ik vietu
Es saucu par savām mājām.

Tu esi prieks, prieks, prieks
Debesis augstas. Balts klusums
Es nolieku galvu Tev uz krūtīm
Un dusu.

Tu esi spēks, spēks, spēks
Bezgala skaists un kluss...
Es ticu - bezgala ceļi
Man ar Tevi vēl jāiet būs.

Tu esi miers, miers, miers
Zinu: sadegs šī dzīve radot.
Vai Tu vari šim vienam mūžam
Savu mieru man atdot?”
― Imants Ziedonis, Kā laiku un telpu, un bezgalību..

“Empathy isn’t just listening, it’s asking the questions whose answers need to be listened to. Empathy requires inquiry as much as imagination. Empathy requires knowing you know nothing. Empathy means acknowledging a horizon of context that extends perpetually beyond what you can see.”
― Leslie Jamison, The Empathy Exams