Imagine Lives That Are Not Yours

You have to imagine lives that are not yours. — Wendell Berry.

We all know the old adage and song lyrics, “Walk a mile in another man’s shoes.”

Every time I have imagined what it is like to be someone else, I have learned a great deal and have become more compassionate. Yes, I have had people tell me, “There is no way you can know what my life is like, or you can imagine what it is like to be _________.” They are right and I tell them so, but they are also missing the point. I want to understand as much as I can about their lives, so I have better understanding of their life.

I want to know their place in the world, and they mine. That is community.

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About the author

Webb Hubbell is the former Associate Attorney General of The United States. His novels, When Men Betray, Ginger Snaps, A Game of Inches, The Eighteenth Green, and The East End are published by Beaufort Books and are available online or at your local bookstore. When Men Betray won one of the IndieFab awards for best novel in 2014. Ginger Snaps and The Eighteenth Green won the IPPY Awards Gold Medal for best suspense/thriller. His latest, “Light of Day” will be on the bookstands soon.