- if you see someone being interrupted in a conversation, acknowledge them, don’t let them be pushed to the side. if you see someone lagging behind, walk beside them. if someone is being ignored, take the step to include them. always remind people of their worth. it hurts when it feels like you’re being forgotten. that small gesture can mean a lot.
- be soft
- don't forget that the causes of human actions are usually immeasurably more complex and varied than our subsequent explanations of them
- welcome your own meagerness, be better at being scared
- have compassion for everyone you meet, even if they don't want it. what appears bad manners, an ill temper or cynicism, is always a sign of things no ears have heard, no eyes have seen. you do not know what wars are going on down there where the spirit meets the bone (Miller Williams)
- The world does not deliver meaning to you. You have to make it meaningful...stop living by slogans, dead ideas, clichés, or national flags. Concern yourself with the people you care about and the beliefs you can stand by. (Zadie Smith)
- Stop being half-dead, stop avoiding. Take some time and look around, look at everybody. Open people up so they can feel themselves and let themselves be open to somebody else. (Nina Simone)
- Be better at accepting rejection. Don't reject yourself.
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