I\u2019ve realized that we gain wisdom and compassion when we let people tell their own stories. I invite you to pause in the next few days remaining in 2016 and listen to a moving, heartfelt and at times funny talk by someone who has walked the path. I hope it will give you as much new insight and inspiration as it had given me, or even more.<\/p>\n
Bren\u00e9 Brown: Human Connection<\/strong> Andrew Solomon: Identity and Meaning<\/strong> Bryan Stevenson: Justice<\/strong> I\u2019ve realized that we gain wisdom and compassion when we let people tell their own stories. I invite you to pause in the next few days remaining in 2016 and listen to a moving, heartfelt and at times funny talk by someone who has walked the path. I hope it will give you as much … Continue reading How about a New Year’s resolution to preserve our humanity?<\/span>
\n\u201c\u2026Religion has gone from \u2018I believe in faith and mystery\u2019 to certainty\u2013\u2018I\u2019m right. You\u2019re wrong. Shut up.\u2019 This is what politics is today. There\u2019s no conversation. There\u2019s just blame. We try to perfect, most dangerously, our children. They\u2019re hardwired for struggle when they get here. Our job is not to make them perfect. Our job is to tell them that they\u2019re worthy of love and belonging\u2026\u201d
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\n\u201c\u2026We don’t seek the painful experiences that hew our identities, but we seek our identities in the wake of painful experiences. We cannot bear a pointless torment, but we can endure great pain if we believe that it’s purposeful\u2026\u201d
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\n\u201c\u2026We love innovation. We love technology. We love creativity\u2026There is no disconnect around technology and design that will allow us to be fully human until we pay attention to suffering, to poverty, to exclusion, to unfairness, to injustice\u2026Ultimately, our humanity depends on everyone\u2019s humanity\u2026\u201d
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