“A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us.” Jane Austen
Pride vs. vanity
Avoid the superiority complex
Suffering as a gift and opportunity
Brokenness
“The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.” Ernest Hemingway
An open heart for Kindness
Single act of kindness
“A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees.” -Amelia Earhart
Showing compassion
Compassion
“Nothing is easier than to denounce the evildoer; nothing is more difficult than to understand him.” Fyodor Dostoevsky
“Hurt people..hurt people”…assume that behind every difficult person, there is a lot of hidden hurt!
Creating lists…
“Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity or registering wrongs.” Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
