A symbol - a sign - asignal -a clue - a sound
Would you like to?
**When I wear this symbol, I’m making a promise to you.**
I’m ready to treat you as a human being.
You’re welcome to speak to me—
regardless of how old you are,
where you’re from,
what you look like,
what you do for a living,
or what your views are.
I’ll treat you with dignity and respect.
I’ll try to listen before I judge.
I’m allowed to disagree with you—
and you’re allowed to disagree with me.
We don’t have to agree.
We don’t have to like each other.
We don’t have to become friends.
But as long as we’re talking to each other,
we’ll treat each other as human beings.
I’m curious about what I don’t yet know.
I’m willing to step out of my own world for a moment
and get to know yours.
And even if our encounter lasts only a smile,
a sentence,
or two minutes,
that,too,
was an encounter.
**This sign does not mean:**
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I’m available at any time.
I have to have every conversation.
I have to answer personal questions.
I have to agree with your opinion.
I’m giving up my boundaries.
I blindly trust everyone.
This symbol is not an invitation to be intrusive.
It’s not a flirtatious signal.
It’s not a political statement.
It doesn’t belong to any religion, political party, nation, or social group.
It simply says:
**I am open to a respectful human encounter.**
And perhaps this is precisely where something begins that we have lost:
That two strangers look at each other and do not first ask:
**“What separates us?”**
but rather:
**“What could develop between us?”**
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Let’s get started.
Just join in.
There’s no reason not to.
Right?
I’m available at any time.
I have to have every conversation.
I have to answer personal questions.
I have to agree with your opinion.
I’m giving up my boundaries.
I blindly trust everyone.
This symbol is not an invitation to be intrusive.
It’s not a flirtatious signal.
It’s not a political statement.
It doesn’t belong to any religion, political party, nation, or social group.
It simply says:
**I am open to a respectful human encounter.**
And perhaps this is precisely where something begins that we have lost:
That two strangers look at each other and do not first ask:
**“What separates us?”**
but rather:
**“What could develop between us?”**