Only Human

“We’re only human” should be a phrase used by both the accuser and the accused, instead of merely by the latter. 

In the same way there seems to be nothing more human than imperfection and making mistakes, there also seems to be nothing more human than impulsively shaming and ridiculing others; both are as integral to the social relationships and hierarchies that we build as a society. 

What matters is that we constantly exercise this duality of self-awareness and empathy as a means to discern and recognize the humanity within one another—to take our actions at face value, but our intentions to heart.