To understand others, we first have to… We say a lot about the need for empathy, but it’s not something you can just will into existence. It has to be practiced, stretched, built. And one of the most powerful tools we have for that is the book. As John Green says, reading lets us step into a completely different mind. In trying to understand someone else’s fears and contradictions, we don’t lose ourselves—we grow in empathy, patience, and perspective. Books are one way in. Conversations, lived experience, media, all of it matters. What’s important is that we keep stepping outside ourselves. That’s where understanding starts and where real solutions begin. #books #johngreen #reading #empathy