Let's not judge. Let's draw inspiration from each other's stories - successes and failures - and realize we're all connected.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The stories we tell about each other matter very much. The stories we tell ourselves about our own lives matter. And most of all, I think the way that we participate in each other's stories is of deep importance.
When it all boils down, it's about embracing each others' stories and maybe even finding that synergy to collaborate for the common good.
We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.
What I know now is that we're all interconnected and that's a really beautiful thing. We have links to everyone else in our lives and in the world. Different people have different journeys for different reasons. You can't judge, but you can celebrate that there are connections everywhere.
Anyway, stories bring us together to find common ground, to find our way through life together, or just to entertain us, and I am just thrilled to be a part of that process.
We can't compare stories. We can only know in our hearts that we are the same. That may be the best we can do.
We are made of the stories we have heard and read all through our lives.
Like every writer, I'm drawn by unlikely juxtapositions, precisely-dated and once-only collisions between people from different worlds.
You know, we have our differences, everybody does, honest, real differences, but I do believe strongly that we as neighbors are drawn together far more than we're driven apart.
Everyone has their own path and you can't judge.