“When I see people stopped in traffic, in the check-out lane at the store, or walking down the street, I like to visualize their bones. It helps me remember that, no matter how different we are, deep down we are all the same.” ~My Chiropractor
No one wants to fail. No one wants to be miserable. No one wants to be depressed. No one wants to have acidic relationships. Everyone is doing the best they can with what they have been given. We all have dreams. We all have vision. We all have aspirations. We all have a past, and we all have made decisions we regret. We all have a spark of greatness, we all have passion, and we all have hate. We all have secrets. We all have scars. Each of us is different, but we are all the same.
We are all the same. This inspired me. Those who love themselves can love others. Those who are good to others are being good to themselves.
That is something that is hard to remember, because our society is constantly trying to convince us that we are separate.
Yes, you remind me the idiom from Lao Tzu that said “treat others as you would like to be treated”. The subtext is we are the same.