@mpjgregoire @hypolite @clacke quillette? really? ugh, no thanks.

@mpjgregoire @hypolite @clacke cato institute, as well. no, not gonna take anything they have to say about politics seriously at all.

@hypolite do go on

what if the small positive thing you do for someone today has a domino effect?

or even, on a smaller scale, what if just listening to someone or showing them kindness or aiding them when they needed it most, saves a life?

what if some positive change you made in your own life inspired someone to make a positive change in their own, and then they inspired another, and they inspired another?

my life is pretty small and nothing special
i usually think of myself as powerless and unable to make a difference
but i have made positive differences in some people's lives, maybe saved a couple of lives even
i've been told a couple of times that my social media posts have inspired someone to transition and live as their true self
i've been told once or twice that my listening to and being kind to someone has led them away from the edge
i've been told that my defiance in the face of ongoing hatred has had positive effects on the lives of others

and i'm just one unemployed trans woman living in poverty with no direct power over anything

imagine the difference people with actual platforms or influence or resources or power could make

but they frequently choose instead to be unkind, to be greedy, to be cruel, to tear others down, to exploit other human beings

for personal profit

if someone has a choice every day to do something kind or unkind, why would someone choose, every day, to be unkind?

i cannot understand it

@hypolite go on..?

i read a thing recently that blew my mind a little.
went something like:

people can imagine time travel to the past and one little act making massive differences in the timeline

but in their present they think even the greatest effort they can put in will not make any difference to the future