The Man They Threw Out of City Hall

It was something Elias told me before I left.

He said, “Kindness is not charity. Kindness is recognition. It is looking at someone the world has made invisible and saying, ‘I still see you.’”

I thought about that for a long time.

Because the truth is, most cruelty does not begin with hatred.

It begins with assumption.

A dirty coat becomes laziness.

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