Episode #187. Why are People Good Inside, A reflection for 2025.

Why Are People Good Inside? A Valentine’s Week Reflection

Have you ever sat back and wondered why everything functions despite the avalanche of news suggesting it is falling apart?

I’ve watched everyday people helping others—lifting grocery bags for a stranger, steadying an elderly person’s walker on a staircase, retrieving a lost toy that slipped from a parent's grasp. I've seen nurses and assistants speaking gently to a young man who suffered a stroke, crying in agony from his muscle loss. I’ve stood beside palliative care workers and pastors, their voices hushed and full of grace, comforting families over the beds of their dying loved ones.

And I’ve seen more.

The everyday people I meet are kind and generous. Yes, they may be fearful of a daunting future, but still, they show up. They are the volunteers sitting with dialysis patients, offering comfort in quiet moments. They are the students pushing forward in an increasingly performative society, balancing hope and exhaustion. They are the Uber drivers, the cyclists, the late-night workers. They are the musicians crafting songs that make you feel understood, the writers shaping words that help you heal, the chefs designing flavors that bring you home.

They are you.

And after all is said and done, the only thing that truly matters is love and connection. The rest? It’s fluff.

If you don’t have someone to love you, know this: love surrounds you. It is in every living species, in every act of kindness, in the unseen and the unnoticed.

During this week—especially this week—know that you are not alone.

I challenge you to see the good inside others and write down the large number of tiny acts of kindness that are the glue holding us together.

We are thinking of you. No matter your circumstance.

💛 Now let’s start shouting this from the rooftops. 💛

#KindnessMatters
#HumanityFirst
#CompassionInAction
#EverydayHeroes
#PeopleHelpingPeople

#ProtectOurChildren
#ChildSafety
#AdvocacyForChange
#JusticeForChildren

#CommunityMatters
#SupportingEachOther
#TogetherWeThrive
#HelpingHands

#DigitalWellbeing
#EducationMatters
#FutureOfEducation
#SafeOnlineSpaces

#LeadWithLove
#ChangeMakers
#InspiringAction
#CreatingImpact

#MentalHealthAwareness
#HealingTogether
#TraumaInformed

#InnovationForGood
#NeuroscienceMatters
#WomenInSTEM
#TechForGood

#ValentinesWeek
#LoveAndConnection
#LoveInAction

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