“Here’s what I think,” I say. “I think we’re all connected, everyone on earth.” She runs her fingertips over my knuckles. “Even the bad people?” “Yes. But everyone has at least a little good in them.” “Not true,” she says. “Okay,” I concede. “But everyone has done at least one good thing in their lifetime. Do you agree with that?” She thinks it over and then slowly nods. I go on. “I think all the good parts of us are connected on some level. The part that shares the last double chocolate chip cookie or donates to charity or gives a dollar to a street musician or becomes a candy striper or
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