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I think more than being taught that there are people in the world who are not as priveleged as you are, is being taught to care about it. I'm so thankful to my parents for raising me in that old-school, liberal way. And that is the way I have/am raising my own kids. If you teach your kids compassion, then they will see how fortunate they are and they will view the world with heart instead of indifference.
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Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. - Diane Arbus
PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce
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