What if we could all grow up being nice to one another?
To treating each other with respect?
To being considerate and understanding?
These are qualities which we learn to cultivate through the examples of people around us, through children’s stories of kindness, and through becoming mature.
The fear behind selfishness and bullying is evident.
The fear behind having to have so much that you are willing to take away the ability for everyone else to provide for themselves is evident.
We no longer need to glorify that kind of fear.
We can glorify the qualities in the “Book of Virtues” and in other moral writings.
We can make practical decisions, as most of us do, on the basis of creating policy which allows everyone to thrive.
We can back away from bullying in the financial and political spheres, just as we do in the lives of our children and in our own business dealings.
We can expect niceness.
We don’t have to be manipulated into buying something that is good quality.
When we support the practical art of seeing the true value of everyone, we will do the right thing by them and by ourselves.
© 2017 Kathryn Hardage
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