Eleven Months Later: Doubling Down on Kindness and Empathy
As we entered the pandemic last March, I wrote this series of mantras and pinned them to my Twitter profile. That was almost 11 months ago. I had no idea the year we were in for, and of course, I have no idea what’s to come. What I can impact, as Carrie Newcomer’s song “Three Feet or So” reminds me, is what happens in my immediate world. I will fill my “three feet or so” with kindness, empathy, and intentional, positive action, with faith that it may radiate out into the larger world. So I’m reaffirming these mantras, this creed, for the next 11 months and longer, with hopes that you all stay safe and well.
Let us be strong.
Let us stay positive.
Let us take care of ourselves and each other.
Let us not give in to fear.
Let us not blame the "other."
It will be hard.
Some days harder than others.
But let us stick together.
And let us build something better on the other side.
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