Standing up for yourself and for what’s right.

The actions we are inspired to take once we have empathy with someone can range from compassion to forgiveness to persuasion and trust. We can also have empathy with ourselves, which can compel us to take action to stand up for ourselves, and others, over what’s right.

Here’s an excerpt from my book, Tell Me More About That: Solving the Empathy Crisis One Conversation at a Time, that shares an experience I had in my childhood. It’s about the first time I stood up for myself when I felt I was being discriminated against.

It involves my best friend and I, at about 9 years old, and a neighborhood ball game...

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