It has magnified and multiplied the empathy within me and it has fanned the sparks of creativity. It has taught me how to be alone and how to find comfort in myself. It has made me love more fiercely and with abandon. It has not simply made me tolerant of the differences of others, it has shone a light on the beauty of that dissimilarity. It showed me that just because you don’t understand something, it doesn’t mean it’s bad or wrong or that it needs to be feared. It showed me that most of the anger and negativity around us stems from fear, and it showed me kindness is the only way forward.
