That’s why a working theology of love matters so much: when we lead with gentleness, it decreases the chances that we will bulldoze someone with self-righteousness, because we honestly believe that we’re no better than they are and no
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“Children can’t learn antiracism if they don’t have the practice of observing, naming, and discussing race in their tool kit.”
― Raising White Kids: Bringing Up Children in a Racially Unjust America
― Raising White Kids: Bringing Up Children in a Racially Unjust America
“The good news is that racist and antiracist are not fixed identities. We can be a racist one minute and an antiracist the next. What we say about race, what we do about race, in each moment, determines what -- not who -- we are.”
― How to Be an Antiracist
― How to Be an Antiracist
“Work will always be work. Some people work doing what they love. Other people work so that they can do what they love when they’re not working. Neither is more noble.”
― The Good Enough Job: Reclaiming Life from Work
― The Good Enough Job: Reclaiming Life from Work
“I'm just so proud of all of you who have grown up with us. And I know how tough it is some days to look with hope and confidence on the months and years ahead. But I would like to tell you what I often told you when you were much younger: I like you just the way you are. And what's more, I'm so grateful to you for helping the children in your life to know that you'll do everything you can to keep them safe and to help them express their feelings in ways that will bring healing in many different neighborhoods. It's such a good feeling to know that we're lifelong friends. -Fred Rogers”
― Mister Rogers' Neighborhood: A Visual History
― Mister Rogers' Neighborhood: A Visual History
“Psychological research shows that when we invest, as Divya did, in different sides of ourselves, we’re better at dealing with setbacks. In contrast, the more we let one part of who we are define us, the less resilient we are to change.”
― The Good Enough Job: Reclaiming Life from Work
― The Good Enough Job: Reclaiming Life from Work
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