Ryan Leak

try asking, what might they be carrying right now that I just can't see?

I believe that one question changes everything.

It won't excuse bad behavior, but it will give you context.

And I believe context creates compassion.

Why in the world would you do this?

Like, why in the world would you

want compassion for a difficult person.

The reason that I think you would want compassion for a difficult person is because you would want compassion for you when you're having a bad day, when you're going through a rough time.

What you want people to have is compassion.

What you want is a break.

What you want is people to understand what's going through your mind in those moments is if they only knew.

Well, yeah, that's why you should search for compassion because I think you need it.

And if it's the thing that you need, I can only imagine if it's the thing that they need too.

And I just think the whole world gets a whole lot better when we allow compassion to enter the room.

My friend,

My hope for you this week is that you would experience sonder, the sobering realization that every single person you encounter this week is going through something that is experiencing a story that they have not shared with you.

And if you could see that story,

Well, I think that that difficult person might just become a little less difficult.

My friends, thank you so much for listening to the Ryan League podcast today.

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