Yes, 100%. Go talk to people. Travel. Trust. Love. The internet, social media, the news are as real as lord of the rings, or fortnite.
I have almost never met someone evil or truly unreasonable. I have of course left places that were not working for me. People trying to rope me into status games I didn’t care for etc, or pressure me to do stuff I didn’t want to do. Sometimes it’s unpleasant, even painful. But not remotely something that can counterbalance all the great interactions and great people I have met. Heck, it’s doesn’t compete even just the kindness complete strangers have given me.
Catch people who do you harm in a different situation, years later and talk about it, and the same people are often reasonable, open to change, open to talk about why they do what they do.
You don’t have to forgive them. But for me, it helps.
Yes, 100%. Go talk to people. Travel. Trust. Love. The internet, social media, the news are as real as lord of the rings, or fortnite.
I have almost never met someone evil or truly unreasonable. I have of course left places that were not working for me. People trying to rope me into status games I didn’t care for etc, or pressure me to do stuff I didn’t want to do. Sometimes it’s unpleasant, even painful. But not remotely something that can counterbalance all the great interactions and great people I have met. Heck, it’s doesn’t compete even just the kindness complete strangers have given me.
Catch people who do you harm in a different situation, years later and talk about it, and the same people are often reasonable, open to change, open to talk about why they do what they do.
You don’t have to forgive them. But for me, it helps.