Becoming Human: "Smiling Is The Most Basic Kind Of Peace Work"

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Small gestures of kindness are a form of daily activism. Just showing concern for a fellow human can them. If everyone practiced this daily, the world would come together. If we ever get to the next higher form of society, they will look back on the "social media arc" of human history and say "small gestures of kindness and smiles are meaningful"... "remember when hate was magnified algorithmically, and we scoffed and sneered at each other on the street; full of mistrust and fear"... in many ways the "fake it til you make it" is real... in other words, what you practice becoming, you will become.
When we’re young, and everything is black and white, it’s easy to think all the "good vibes" stuff is just nonsense and that people just are or aren’t "good"... But we need to realize that "good" is what we practice, not a thing we are. And, if a creepy uncomfortable smile is all you got, it’s better than nothing ;)

*Written/compiled by activists of The Zeitgeist Movement

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