“It takes solidarity and generosity of spirit to build a society in which anyone can feel safe. Empathy can be hard to find, especially for people who look or sound different, or believe different things to us. But when we allow ourselves to be pitted against each other, and to be ruled by the meaner emotions, we dig our own graves alongside those of the people we abandon. It's only when we understand our essential commonality that we can protect ourselves: not as individual humans, but as members of an indivisible whole.” EmpathyHolocaustCommonalityHolocaust Memorial Day Book:The Poetry Pharmacy Returns: More Prescriptions for Courage, Healing and Hope Source: The Poetry Pharmacy Returns: More Prescriptions for Courage, Healing and Hope
“You want to lash out at the parts of your self that seem to hold you back. At moments like that, it's important to be able to sit down and speak gently within yourself, as if saying a prayer or reading a poem. Whichever part of you is unhappy, reassure it: accept your many selves, and allow them to speak both to you and to each other.” Self AcceptancePluralitySelf KindnessConfigurations Of SelfPlural Self Book:The Poetry Pharmacy Returns: More Prescriptions for Courage, Healing and Hope Source: The Poetry Pharmacy Returns: More Prescriptions for Courage, Healing and Hope