Posted on Mar 30, 2023
Ritch thought everyone loved his humor. Then a friend pulled him aside
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Many of us have been unintentionally (or intentionally) hurtful especially as children or adolescents. Or we've been the ones who were hurt. Learn from the experience.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
...""But I kept thinking about what Holly said, and I kept turning it over in my mind," he said. "Eventually, I realized that she was absolutely right. I started paying attention to how my humor was affecting other people, and I changed it."
It didn't happen overnight. But over the years, Addison worked on being more compassionate toward the people around him.
"I wanted to have a different kind of relationship with them," he said.
He went on to become a clinical psychologist. And now, he tries to help other people find more generous interpretations about themselves and others. Looking back, some 50 years later, he says he owes much of his change of attitude to Holly.
"She cared enough to say something to me, something that probably wasn't easy to say," he said. "But it was something that changed the direction of my life in a very significant and very gratifying way."
...""But I kept thinking about what Holly said, and I kept turning it over in my mind," he said. "Eventually, I realized that she was absolutely right. I started paying attention to how my humor was affecting other people, and I changed it."
It didn't happen overnight. But over the years, Addison worked on being more compassionate toward the people around him.
"I wanted to have a different kind of relationship with them," he said.
He went on to become a clinical psychologist. And now, he tries to help other people find more generous interpretations about themselves and others. Looking back, some 50 years later, he says he owes much of his change of attitude to Holly.
"She cared enough to say something to me, something that probably wasn't easy to say," he said. "But it was something that changed the direction of my life in a very significant and very gratifying way."
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