“Dignity is found in shared responsibility,
carried with humility and care for one another.”
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At last we learn,
everywhere,
to recognize
how community
grows from the circle,
asks something of us,
yet leaves each person
to carry alone
dignity.
Dignity
People recognize one another
by the dignity they extend —
and by what they withhold.
It shows itself
in knowing the boundaries,
and in feeling their weight.
Across time and distance,
it remains,
quiet,
often unspoken.
And still, many carry
the uneasy thought
of not measuring up.
When separation approaches,
it becomes clear
how much dignity counts —
more than success,
more than standing.
It reaches beyond
a single lifetime,
binding generations.
Dignity deepens
through what is lived,
through what is endured —
unless the burden breaks
what was meant to be held.
Through hardship,
through the loss of face,
until the memory dims
of who one was expected to be.
Love is present, everywhere.
But only when it is chosen freely
does suffering loosen its grip.
Then dignity
may become visible again —
not demanded,
but recognized.
