"I do not want to be like the billionaire who is praised for being “self-made.” I want to be like the people who visited me in the hospital and kept hope up for my parents. I want to be like the man who stops to help you when your tire is flat. I want to be like the woman who notices you are struggling and brings you a hot meal. I want to be like the friend who takes your grandkids out for a special day when you cannot afford it, or the stranger who offers a smile when you are hurting inside."
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"We have been taught to believe that if we help someone else, we lose something, that putting others first somehow hurts us. In my experience and research, it is the opposite."
@GuerillaOntologist#Cooperation is the most important motor of evolution (beside adaption etc). And for the believing: #solidarity and #helping others has always been part of most religions. The ancient Romans called that loving #care for others #caritas.
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