how to gain empathy or the desire and will to really try to understand others? how to become a better human being? you're contented with staying in a bubble working on your personal need, gaining satisfaction with the little work that you do, but you still haven't really lived. nothing is at stake and you're happy with the way things are and don't wish to disrupt the flow and order of your current situation. but have you grown? can you handle uncomfortable situations? can you handle being around someone like him where everything is done with meaning and imperative?