Everything around us give us opportunity for self insertion. Everything is about us. We must be mirrored in every story. It all sounds humane but I think it’s also how we’re losing empathy. Empathy requires us to sit outside, centre the other person, SEE them and THEIR story.
I think people underestimate how much of a luxury it is to genuinely like your normal day. not the holiday, not the birthday, not the reservation. literally thursday
I can’t imagine how scared and confused that 8-year-old must have been to reach a point of calling people to tell them her mom didn’t come home. That’s a memory that will be stuck with her for the rest of her life. This story really broke my heart. Yho bethuna. 💔
The fact that despite all hope, most of us knew this would be the likely outcome really tells you about the abysmal state of things in South Africa.
I’m so terribly sorry, Tsontso!
“She left behind her eight-year-old daughter. When she failed to return home later on that evening, her daughter contacted family members, who subsequently reported her disappearance to the police.”
This breaks my heart everytime I read it 💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔
You’d be shocked at how many women really wanted this for themselves but men have this uncanny ability to make you absolutely regret conforming to traditional gender roles and not choosing yourself first.