What happened to the casual hello? The head nod? The simple wave? The good morning? Have we digressed so far as a species that we can't exchange the most rudimentary pleasantries with one another?
As I crossed paths with people at work today, I noticed that no one was saying hello. No one was acknowledging my presence. This persisted for the better part of the day when an unfortunate reality made itself known. I was just as guilty as the people I was walking past. I was the guy who couldn't take less than a second out of his day to say good morning.
A change had to happen or this was going to be an unpleasant day for everyone. So I took things upon myself to say hello to the people I saw. This set of actions, unfortunately, led me to another harsh truism. Even if I was willing to say hello, there were very few people willing to reciprocate. No one was willing to give a passing stranger the simples of courtesies.
How have we come to this, and more importantly, how do we fix it? The world is broken at the most basic of levels, and the only way we can fix it is one person at a time, one life at a time, one day at a time.
Let's all do our part.
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