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Nobody Can Know the Trouble You've Seen

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Samuel D. James
Dec 13, 2023
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Imagine, if you will, two people sitting in an aromatic coffee shop, warm drinks at their hands, debating the value of empathy. Jim argues that empathy is an inescapable part of love. To enter into a person’s emotional state, to hear them patiently while withholding either critique or comment, is what it means to genuinely weep with those who weep. Jack…

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