"In nature, we never see anything isolated, but everything in connection with something else which is before it, beside it, under it and over it."
-- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The other day I read that two in three Americans prefer to err on the side of caution when dealing with other people. This is an increase from 1972 when the number was about half. Why are we having a harder time connecting with each other?
These statistics reminded me of something that one of the Kindness Muses shared as her guiding principle: "When in doubt, reach out." Kindness helps us to establish connection with each other, which is the first step toward trust and relationship.
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