Nice thought of the day

[RMQualtrough]

No, not religious idiocy. Check it:

The people you pass on the street are somebody's loved one. "Strangers" are somebody's grandma, dad, wife, son, aunt...

It's a thought which makes people feel less like strangers.

[ZzzleepingBear]

Yes, humanize people. It's a good habbit for sure.

[RMQualtrough]

2 hours ago, ZzzleepingBear said:

Yes, humanize people. It's a good habbit for sure.

It never occurred to me before, but is a thought that makes you feel more considerate of others. It's easy to not care about an individual, but they seem more important when you realize that if they got hurt their loved ones would be crying etc. for them.

A general identity like "oh a postman" is very dehumanizing. It's like they're video game characters that way.

[ZzzleepingBear]

4 hours ago, RMQualtrough said:

It never occurred to me before, but is a thought that makes you feel more considerate of others. It's easy to not care about an individual, but they seem more important when you realize that if they got hurt their loved ones would be crying etc. for them.

A general identity like "oh a postman" is very dehumanizing. It's like they're video game characters that way.

True. It's definitely a shift in awareness that adds nuances to any situation.

It can also go the other way around aswell, like when someone identify to much with their job-title that they only see other as customers or clients as if everyone are npc's. 

[caspex]

Someone was gonna mention is sooner or later so I'll say it.

I think this is very closely related to that feeling of 'sonder'. Which is the feeling you get when you understand that every passerby on a busy street is an individual with a whole life, backstory, mind, decisions, preferences, ideas, worldview, just like you. 

This is like sonder but for the passersby's relations, instead of their individuality. This opens an interesting idea of feeling sonder but for different aspects.

[Razard86]

I just see everybody as a different expression of me. Since its me, shouldn't I be kind to them?