Book Reports by Madeline
How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen — David Brooks
What I keep coming back to is how rarely misunderstanding grows out of cruelty. Most of the time, it begins with assumption. The moment I don’t actually know what someone is thinking or feeling, my mind rushes in to fill the gap. I don’t even notice I’m doing it at first. The story arrives fully formed, convincing, and almost always centered on me — my …
