Offer each other moments of respite and grace.
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Rule of thumb: assume every stranger you encounter has an invisible disability, a private inconsolable grief, or are in the midst of an undetectable crisis.
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Don’t allow projective envy to fool you into thinking you are the only or the most vulnerable person you will encounter in your day.
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I listen to people’s sorrows and secrets every day - and every one is broken - especially the people you imagine are not.
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Everyone is fighting so hard, for justice for their lives, for their futures, for each other. We have to be careful and thoughtful and offer each other respite.
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We are all so activated - in fight or flight mode, exhausted by our own fear and adrenaline
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We will all take shots we should not. We can always stop and pull back. And breathe. And offer up some human understanding.
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I’ve had an invisible cancer for a year. I’ve watched clients suffering unfathomable bereavement and traumas. I’ve seen strangers assume “bad manners” or “selfishness”
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We get so caught up in our own wounds we can become grandiose about our pain. We are each one among a million suffering souls.
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There are times to fight. And by necessity we all need to remember there is a time to stand down.
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And we won’t always read the moment correctly. We are in a long unfolding national and planetary crisis. Anyone may be vulnerable.
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We can gather up our projections and watch our assumptions. We can be better to each other
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What gets me is even when I was in the midst of a crisis, the people I worked for took out their own personal problems on me, almost like, well she's vulnerable, so let's scapegoat her. It was disgusting.
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Yes. That happens. When our energies crash it can invite the aggression of the flock.
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My mother told me the chickens on the farm used to wear red lenses glasses - because if they didn’t they would peck a bleeding member of the flock to death.
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I didn’t believe her and she proved me wrong. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_eyeglasses … I wish we could issue those glasses to everyone. And twitter.
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Haha yes, thanks
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This is beautiful advice
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love thisThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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"Be kind, for everyone you meet carries a heavy burden"
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