How to Treat People

There’s a quote which is attributed to many different people. I don’t know who the correct source of the quote is, but it goes like this, “Treat everyone as if they are sacred, until the sacred in them remembers.”

There are caveats to this directive, for sure.

Of course.

But what if, generally, we could do this?

What if we treated people with dignity, as if they’re sacred?

What would that even look like?

It might begin by treating yourself with dignity, as if you were sacred. You can’t teach other people a language that you don’t speak.

That’s all. That’s the whole thing.

Katherine Morgan Schafler is an NYC-based psychotherapist, author, and speaker. For more of her work: get her book, follow her on Instagram, subscribe to her newsletter, or visit her site.