Notice how the energy of the conversation changes when you offer your full, undivided presence.

The word evirmek implies a deliberate turn or a transformation. When we "turn our head," we are choosing to look away from our own distractions—our worries, our phones, our internal monologues—to focus on the "other." It is the first step toward empathy.

Sometimes, the most revolutionary thing we can do in a world that wants our attention elsewhere is to simply turn our heads and look at the person right in front of us.