The main point of the letter is that until you are faced with a situation, you have no idea what you would do. You might think you know the answer, but until the situation is a reality and no longer an abstract, far away possibility, I don't know if we can really say for sure.
I think this is true of many different situations in life, not just this one. I don't think any of us really know what we would do if we lost our jobs and had no way of providing for our families. Would we ask for government assistance? It's easy to say no, but until you are in that struggle, do we really know?
It would be great if life were black and white all the time, and if life worked out as easily and magically as we expect it to. However, life isn't like that. There is a whole lot of gray area in the choices we are faced with sometimes.
It's easy to judge a person or situation from afar. It's easy to make value statements about the choices others make when we have never been there ourselves. It's easy to assume that people have selfish or sinister motivations when they making a choice or a decision we disagree with.
The hard part of life is actually finding empathy for others and helping others survive the difficult times. I believe having compassion and empathy for others is one of our duties as responsible citizens and human beings. I think it's important to hear people out and to learn about different viewpoints. If we don't try to learn about things other people have been through, how will we learn and grow as an educated and developed society? Without each other, what do we really have?
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