First

Go first. Once you know about healing, it’s great to model it in life. It’s tough, both at a distance and close to home. One way of making naive idealism practical is to go first in the small conflicts with friends and family. To be the first to apologise, to clear misunderstandings, to be aware where you’re someone else’s button pusher, and to show where you hurt. We’re all sensitive to the things that touch on old wounds. The more we see it in each other, the more compassionate we can be.