My wife and I volunteer together at a homeless shelter through our synagogue, but lately we're experiencing it completely differently - she comes home energized and I come home overwhelmed and sad, and when we try to talk about it she thinks I'm being negative and I think she's not seeing the real depth of suffering. Our shared service is becoming a source of distance instead of connection.
More people experience this than they realize.
You are discovering that witnessing suffering together does not guarantee seeing it the same way.
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