Learning to recognize and feel the kindness of others is a practical measure we can apply to bring our lives more in line emotionally with the intellectual understanding of interdependence. One method that I think could be effective in this regard is taught in Buddhism, but it does not require any faith in Buddhism and can be done by anyone. Called recollecting kindness, this practice entails deliberately calling to mind situations in which we recognize that we received something from others. We then consciously turn those instances over in our minds so as to intensify our awareness of others’
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