“I think we need leadership that helps us remember that part of what we are about is caring about more than the person right next to us, but the folks across the way.”
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I was a mimic when I was a child. I mimicked the teacher and made friends that way, actually. That was a very subversive activity, because I was a goody-goody who never got in trouble. But if I went off in the corner and mimicked the teacher, people loved it.
People who are sick, or who have been sick, or have come close to death have a lot to say - and they want you to hear it.
Friendship is a wildly underrated medication.
To live your life well, and have respect for what came before or after - there's a strong respect for that in African culture.