The moment you stop seeing another person as fully human, you lose part of your own humanity. Something in the nervous system tightens. Curiosity collapses. Anger hardens into judgment, contempt, and blame. Empathy is not weakness. It is strength with awareness. It is the capacity to stay present with another person’s experience without abandoning your own dignity. When empathy is lost, anger becomes reactive and dehumanizing. When empathy is restored, anger can become information, a signal that