Building on the challenge of communication, empathy offers a vital pathway toward bridging mental divides. By stepping into another’s perspective, individuals can transcend personal biases and foster deeper connection. For example, Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird (1960) illustrates this through Atticus Finch’s advice to ‘walk in someone else’s shoes’—a simple metaphor for the complex process of truly understanding another’s mind, thus narrowing the psychological chasm. [...]
