Empathy

DISMISS NOT OUR SIBLINGS OF THE STREET

Here you are – downtown and a lot on your mind. It’s already been a busy day but you’re running out of time and there’s still so much to get done. Maybe it would be easier if you just w- “Excuse me….” Oh no. A crumpled figure steps quite deliberately into your path and starts to roll out a saga to…

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Being

SETTLING FOR RELIEF IN LIEU OF JOY

There is wisdom in knowing nothing at all, a wisdom inherent in our biology. Watching someone in the first few years of their life is proof of this – joy comes easily, they are not encumbered by the opinions of others, and learning is done by making mistake after mistake and never giving up. There are some pieces they have…

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