Why We Misunderstand Ourselves (and Each Other)

Why We Misunderstand Ourselves (and Each Other)

Author: The Living Hour January 8, 2026 Duration: 13:09

Listen to episode 1085 of the Inspirational Living podcast: Why We Misunderstand Ourselves (and Each Other). Edited and adapted from Ourselves and Others by H. Clay Trumbull.

Inspirational Podcast Excerpt: We do not fully understand ourselves. We do not fully understand others. We think that others do not understand themselves. We are sure that others do not understand us. It seems to us that if we understood others better, we should find it easier to get along with them. It seems to us that if others understood us better, it would be easier for them to get along with us. 

Yet, as a matter of fact, most of our troubles with others grow out of our understanding others, and of our being understood by them. Indeed, it is through an understanding of one another that most of what we call our "misunderstandings" with one another come. 

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