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11 Jun 2023 1667951926418509825

“There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world…[I]t underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known.” #kindness

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25 Mar 2023 1639755755267166208

“Taking somebody else's perspective is one way to get closer to reality because it dislodges you from the Illusion that your way of seeing things is the only way.” — Lisa Feldman Barrett, Neuroscientist & Author

Empathic displays of understanding solves conflicts. #mediation

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4 Jan 2023 1610462194025787392

“When I saw them far away, I thought they were demons.

When they got closer, I thought they were were animals.

When they got closer, I saw they were human.

When they got face-to-face, I saw they were my kin.” — African proverb

Mediation brings people up close. #mediation #ADR

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7 Dec 2022 1600538969728421888

“The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposing ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function. One should, for example, be able to see that things are hopeless, yet be determined to make them otherwise.” Scott Fitzgerald
#hope

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