Don't assume things of other people based ~your~ situation or experiences.

Don't assume things of other people based on ~your~ imagination, likes, or dislikes.

Don't assume things of other people based on ~you~.

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If you don't really know a person, you won't know how they feel, or why. Those things that you love the most, that make you happy... not everyone has that, or may have hurt associated with it. Have a care that everyone's story is different, especially their pains and joys. Appreciate people for who they are and let them be their real self without expecting them to celebrate the same things as you. 💙

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Not everyone who says something to you is arguing. Back in my day, we had these things called "conversations." People would keep saying things to each other, more than two times each. They could go on for hours, sharing ideas and experiences, listening and learning, spreading happiness or understanding. It was wonderful. 💙

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I believe our society needs more effort, not just more paperwork. The paperwork is not changing anything. 💞

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Destroying someone else's happiness will not increase your own happiness; adding to someone else's happiness will. 💙

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There are so, so many things we can learn... about life, about our world, about each other.
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Please stop saying "we need to [insert behavior to correct here]" when you realize that you want to do better. Don't try to make excuses for your behavior because you think other people do the same. If you feel you can do better, just do better. Just be you, follow your heart and do what you feel is right. Make [insert behavior to correct here] more common, or "the norm," by just doing it, not saying "we need to."

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Rest when you need to, then go again. 💙

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Have a care for people without happiness, spend time with them. You may find that every happiness they grow is pruned away by someone else before it can blossom, no matter how many guards they create to try to protect it.
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Have a care for bushes without roses, spend time with them. You may find that every bud they grow is pruned away by someone else before it can blossom, no matter how many thorns they create to try to protect them.
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I honestly do not understand, or agree, with the sentiment that favourites (or "likes") on Mastodon "don't matter."

My words are my craft. Your favouriting is a message to me that you enjoyed or appreciated my craft enough to click on it, which brightens my day, and inspires and motivates me to stay focused on my writing. I sincerely and whole-heartedly thank all of you for every little star you've clicked. 💙

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You can love this person, without hating that one.

You can disagree without hate.

You can despise without spewing hate.

Blind and forceful hate only generates more hate.

Stop making hate "the norm." Stop spreading it, stop creating it.

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"Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." ~MLKJr.

Your frame of reference is valid. Your experiences are real, and should be believed and accepted by others even if they have not personally experienced the same. Your thoughts and feelings based on your experiences are valid. 💙

So are mine, and hers, and his, and theirs. 💙

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Millions of kind, loving, honest people are hated, attacked, and rejected only because a handful of people with some similar trait or characteristic did something really bad. This is what needs to change. 💙

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Have enough confidence in yourself as a good person to hear and accept someone's account of being hurt by someone else without assuming they will say the same about you, and thus rejecting them immediately. If *you* are a good person and *you* are not going to hurt them, stay that course. They already trust you enough to tell you about their hurt, because they aren't expecting you to do the same thing to them. So, don't. 💙

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There are many ideas of how life should be, like standardized check boxes in basic categories. What one should have or should do, and when, and how, as if it follows some divinely designed pattern.

It doesn't. Life is different for everyone. You live your ordinary life every day, with honesty and integrity, only to have someone reject it because it doesn't fit into their check boxes. Feels like something isn't right about that. 💙

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If you saw a dog being kicked by people until it could no longer stand, would you kick it too? Most people would not, and likely make an effort to show the dog that not all humans are mean through compassion and care.

Yet, so many people who see a person knocked down by others, will immediately put blame on the struggling person and kick them a few more times. Some of us just need to be shown that not all humans will kick us. 💙

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Sending a virtual nod and smile of understanding (and a hug if that's okay) to everyone quietly sitting with the truth, while the crowd noisily follows the loudest lies. It can be difficult and lonely sometimes, but we have to believe it's the right place to be. 💙

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Surround yourself with people who are happy to have you in their surroundings. 💙

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2023: Let's normalize being different... thinking, feeling, seeing, loving, living, creating, learning, sharing, doing... different.
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