From the NY Times: Read how a master of empathy responded to a physical attack
(The July 8 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace)
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/04/nyregion/colum-mccann-novelist-recovers-from-street-attack.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage®ion=CColumn&module=Recommendation&src=rechp&WT.nav=RecEngine
The Irish-born writer Colum McCann, author of the novels “Let the Great World Spin” and “TransAtlantic,” among others, is known for his faith in what he calls “radical empathy.” He helped found an international organization, Narrative 4, where children who have experienced hardships exchange and retell one another’s stories.
So it was entirely in character Saturday night when Mr. McCann, visiting New Haven for a Narrative 4 conference, intervened when he saw a man shoving a woman to the ground outside a hotel on a street that runs through the Yale campus. He stopped to ask the woman if she wanted him to call the police. According to the New Haven police, the woman declined the offer.
As Mr. McCann walked away, the police said, the woman’s companion followed him and punched him in the head, sending him tumbling sharply to the ground, his face striking the pavement...
(The July 8 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace)
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/04/nyregion/colum-mccann-novelist-recovers-from-street-attack.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage®ion=CColumn&module=Recommendation&src=rechp&WT.nav=RecEngine
The Irish-born writer Colum McCann, author of the novels “Let the Great World Spin” and “TransAtlantic,” among others, is known for his faith in what he calls “radical empathy.” He helped found an international organization, Narrative 4, where children who have experienced hardships exchange and retell one another’s stories.
So it was entirely in character Saturday night when Mr. McCann, visiting New Haven for a Narrative 4 conference, intervened when he saw a man shoving a woman to the ground outside a hotel on a street that runs through the Yale campus. He stopped to ask the woman if she wanted him to call the police. According to the New Haven police, the woman declined the offer.
As Mr. McCann walked away, the police said, the woman’s companion followed him and punched him in the head, sending him tumbling sharply to the ground, his face striking the pavement...
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