In 2024, I will seek out three people whose opinions I expect I will strongly disagree with, and will listen to them explain their opinions, and how they arrived at them, without interrupting them. In person, not online. Then I will thank them for being open with me, and I will consider in what ways they might be right.
In 2024, I will remember that the hurt and pain of being human is universal, across all the divisions we see and create. I will remember that bullies, too, are human. I will work to ease the pain of people who are hurting. To do that, I’m going to have to remember what eases my own pain, and what makes it worse.