“The kindness of one human being to another in times of mass hatred and violence deserves more respect than the preaching of all the churches since the beginning of time.”
– Charles Simic, The Monster Loves His Labyrinth
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“There are millions of us in the same condition and still the papers think they thrill us by announcing catastrophes in enormous headlines. My wife and my children. What good does it do me to get upset if man is not the way I’d like him to be? (By what right? In whose name?) Four days ago for the first time I saw D. really suffering, giving in to suffering, without being able to comfort her. That upset me more than a war.”
– Georges Simenon, When I Was Old
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Our reality is a pretty tight circle around our five senses.
Those who are physically closer to us, who we rely on and who turn rely on us rightfully take up the majority of our attention.
By showing kindness, we take action.
Rather than advice, we move to help.
Move away from the screen and into the embrace of those you truly love.
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