There was once a record-breaking cold wave in Taiwan, and more than eighty people lost their lives due to hypothermia, heart attack, and cerebral hemorrhage. How cold was it that many people came to die?
The temperature of the coldest day in winter was 4℃ [39℉]. You might not understand how people can lose their lives at above-zero temperature, but if you consider the average temperature in Taiwan, you can understand 4℃ could be very cold to them.
Taiwan has a subtropical climate and its annual average temperature is well over 20℃ [68℉]. Winter temperatures are usually 10–15℃ [50–59℉], and it rarely goes down below 10℃ [50℉]. That is why Taiwanese people, who have never experienced frigid cold are vulnerable to the cold.
Just as the temperature may feel different, depending on the environment where people have lived, the temperature people feel in their hearts may vary, depending on the person, even in the same situation. If we understand others, instead of judging them by the standard of our own thinking, we can express warm words and actions full of understanding.