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Someone broke into my house tonight.
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<blockquote data-quote="Puff Daddy" data-source="post: 398351" data-attributes="member: 3"><p>All of this has had me reflecting on a few things, like perception and the aplication of empathy. </p><p></p><p>So I'm rushing towards the figure in the door and stop short because I identify it as a young woman wearing nice clothes. My fear and impulse to violently force the intruder back out the door turns immediately to empathy, and instead of shoving her back out or taking her down I guide her to a chair and let my wife wipe the mud and blood from her legs. Would I have done this if she were not young, was wearing ragged clothes and looking rough? I don't know, maybe not. Maybe I just push her back outside and call the cops. What if it was a young man instead of a woman? Would I have slammed into him as hard as I could and never considered a sympathetic route? Probably. We are products of our perceptions. I'm unable to feel worthy of accepting praise because my preconcieved perceptions dictated my reaction, not the situation itself. </p><p></p><p>Life is very strange.....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Puff Daddy, post: 398351, member: 3"] All of this has had me reflecting on a few things, like perception and the aplication of empathy. So I'm rushing towards the figure in the door and stop short because I identify it as a young woman wearing nice clothes. My fear and impulse to violently force the intruder back out the door turns immediately to empathy, and instead of shoving her back out or taking her down I guide her to a chair and let my wife wipe the mud and blood from her legs. Would I have done this if she were not young, was wearing ragged clothes and looking rough? I don't know, maybe not. Maybe I just push her back outside and call the cops. What if it was a young man instead of a woman? Would I have slammed into him as hard as I could and never considered a sympathetic route? Probably. We are products of our perceptions. I'm unable to feel worthy of accepting praise because my preconcieved perceptions dictated my reaction, not the situation itself. Life is very strange..... [/QUOTE]
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