Dignity and agency

Dignity flows wherever agency is present. When we use an agency to contribute, we can’t help but feel a sense of purpose. We can make sense of the suffering. We have something we can point to that we can be proud of. Happiness also comes when we share it. The first thing you do when you make a great meal is to call someone over to taste it. The same is true for art, nonprofits, and small business owners solving real problems—it’s creating connections. When one human can look another human in the eyes and see the shared experience of being alive.