The Talmud teaches that God began humanity with a single person in order to remind us that every person needs to be treated with infinite value (Mishna, Sanhedrin).
Working at Starbucks and teaching both reinforce this for me, every day. Treating each person with whom we come into contact with respect and dignity makes each meeting a holy one. It’s not always possible, and sometimes, not even what I might WANT to do - but every time that I do it, I’m reminded how easy it is. Like so many of the lessons so far in the book, this one is about treating ‘the other’ with the same dignity and respect that I would like to be treated with.
It takes so little to make a difference in someone’s day. You never know where that difference might lead.
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