What I learned this winter.
Don’t hang out with people that think they’re better than you.
there is no “better.” there is only “different.”
“in all people I see myself, none more and not one a barleycorn less/and the good or bad I say of myself I say of them” -Walt Whitman
“I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” -Winston Churchill
isn’t that what were all looking for in a fellow human-being; just someone to look us in the eyes and treat us as their equal? Isn’t the absence of this quality the source of most human suffering?
The key word is respect. Be yourself but in a way that is respectful of others. Disagree but do not dismiss without consideration. Offer advice to a person rather than demanding them to change. It makes your life and the lives of those around you much simpler and often happier.
Do unto others as you would have others do unto you.
It truly is the golden rule and I do my best to live by it.
