"For me, it's really easy to be kind to others when I remember than none of us came into this world with a manual about how to get it all right. We are ultimately a product of our biology and environment."
Jill Bolte Taylor, "My Stroke of Insight", p. 155.
Our parents, teachers, friends, Scout troops and the adults with whom we interact as we grow up provide the manual. Sometimes the manual is clear, with helpful tips and tricks that we absorb. More often than not, however, no one adds to our manual ways we can keep ourselves healthy while caring for others. So we hurt one another, disrespect others, and do damage because we are trying to keep ourselves healthy. Or, some of us damage ourselves in order to "love one another".
Dr. Taylor, quoted above, suggest that if we remember that none of the folks we interact with "came with a manual" we can find a better balance, ways to care without failing to care for ourselves.
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