While idly admiring the artwork on some “Words of Encouragement” greeting cards at the store yesterday, I found myself thinking, “I should get one of these… for myself!”
Walking back to the car, I saw a novel bumper sticker that read “You Matter.”
While there are many things in life that I care about, the one thing that truly matters is how we treat each other.
If we change nothing more than the self-serving apathy that runs rampant throughout all of our societies, we level up in an indescribable way. The impact would be unfathomable.
Love, kindness, and compassion are literally all we need to change the course of our species and our planet.
@markwyner I, too, am tired of apathy and hate -- and more so, of the either/or thinking.
I do have empathy for people who are scared, for people who are just trying to survive. I also have empathy for people who have been manipulated and don't know it.
But I really like your approach to communication her. "I don't know if I'm right, but that feels accurate." The use of "we."
These are the ways that I've been trying to counter what passes as communication, which I think is one of the routes to some sort of peace.
I very much agree that with kindness and compassion, bias and prejudice go away. I'm grateful for your message about this.
There's a lady I deal with at work, very in-charge type. When a mistake happens, or something goes wrong, she doesn't get angry, she doesn't berate anyone, she doesn't lash out. (OK, unless you're REALLY beyond the pale. Like, being aggressively wrong or just an a-hole.) Instead, she calmly, with a smile, asks, "How can we fix this? How can we be sure this doesn't happen again?" And then leads the search for solutions.
That's an energy I want to cultivate more in myself.
#Thoraya (@ Thoraya on #youtube) is one of my favorite accounts. I always end up feeling so much #compassion and #empathy for others after watching a few of her #videos, and sometimes I'm just 😭😭😭
President #Biden is heading to #Baltimore on Friday to survey the wreckage from the Francis Scott #KeyBridge that collapsed last week. In an addition to an aerial tour, Biden will get an operational update on #work being done to reopen the #PortOfBaltimore & will meet w/ #family members of those who died during the collapse, the White House said.
#Manipulating people is never a good idea. Its hard to unlearn that and relearning #compassion. White people have done this my whole life and it's #traumatized me. Treat humans, humanely.
"Presumptive statements like “You sound as if you’re 25 to 30”, will often lead the other person to respond with a confirmation like, “Yes, I’m 30”, or a correction, “I’m 35”. Another approach might be to use quid pro quo, where offering personal details of your own life usually results in reciprocation."
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A peaceful morning on the way to work. I usually don't like getting started in the mornings on Mondays. This was a good reminder to take a deep breath and slow down.