Walking a mile in another person’s shoes is a lovely aphorism for empathy. In this world of complexity and details, technology, religious dogma and secularism, it is not that easy to figure out what kind of shoes each of us wears. Only that each of us has shoes - or not!
After listening to the various stories about the epilepsy of others, and the families that support them, deciding to pay attention to the fit of my own shoes seems more important. Then whether I have a mile or only a step to walk, I can be as successful as possible and better able to share what I have learned to anyone who may wish to ask.
This doesn’t mean that all of those ‘others’ are ignored, but that the decisions they may make and the actions that they take be respected. The ‘shoes’ they wear will be of different sizes and have a different fit than mine.
“One must know oneself. If this does not serve to discover truth, it at least serves as a rule of life, and there is nothing better.”
~ Blaise Pascal
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