You don’t get the part if you don’t audition.
[No. 35]
HOW DO YOU ALWAYS MANAGE TO SEE THE GOOD IN PEOPLE?
I refute the idea that we are good or bad. I simply see [PEOPLE].
As my mom says, [EVERYONE IS DOING THE BEST THEY CAN WITH THE CONSCIOUSNESS THEY HAVE AT THE MOMENT]. There is so much softness in this sentiment. We wear these suits made of flesh and show up for life.
Ever since I was a kid, I felt a strong connection to strangers. As a child I felt other people’s pain so deeply that I’d get an upset stomach if I felt they were in distress. I was trying to digest the world’s problems. This bewildered my parents, as you might imagine. Eventually, I got sick. I had to disconnect from the world’s pain to understand myself. Then, I was ready to re-engage.
“And everyone has a
Heart and it’s calling for
Something
And we’re all so sick
And tired of seeing
Things as they are…”
Nick Cave
There was more to me than met the eye; something underneath and beyond the expectations, norms, binaries. I was forever questioning the stereotypes I was instructed to embody. Thus, I assumed the same must be true for everyone else. Perhaps my tenderness for others is linked to the ways in which I felt disconnected from my truest, most aligned self in my youth. Who are we when we step beyond? 
Nelson Mandela said, “It never hurts to see the good in someone; they often act the better because of it.” In other words, seeing the good in others even benefits the seer.
Actions are reflections of our states as well as the states of others.
If the world is a melded sculpture of our selves and our beautiful entanglements, then seeking the good adds a certain alchemical compound that makes the world more golden.
The goodness we bring to any given obstacle generates priceless life force energy.
Positivity is a form of agency. Amen.