CNN's John Sutter recalls a Buddhist parable that helped him get over his feelings. The story is about two monks who walk for three miles in silence to help a woman crossing a river. He says it shows how we don't always have the same instinct to act when faced with moral dilemmas, like saving a drowning boy or helping someone dying of malaria.
Michael Schur (Parks and Rec! The Office! New book How To Be Perfect!) makes it weird!