The compass

There was a very good man who lived in a place where many people were left out because of how they were or where they came from. He did the opposite.

• He touched the one nobody touched. A man had an illness on his skin, and everyone stayed away from him. When he asked for help, the good man reached out and touched him. He was the only one who didn't stay away!
• The only one who came back. He helped ten sick men get better. Only one came back to say thank you. He came from another place, and many people looked at him badly. The good man said in front of everyone: «Look, the one who came to say thanks was him!».
• The feast for everyone. He told the story of a man who threw a big party. The guests didn't come. So he invited everyone nobody ever invited, until the house was full!
• Nobody chooses how they're born. His friends saw a man who had been born different, and asked whose fault it was. He said: «Nobody's». And he went over to help him.

He didn't care how each person looked or where they came from. He went over to everyone. And there was room for everyone at his party.

The compass

There was a man who lived in a land where many people were pushed aside because of where they came from or how they looked. He did the opposite.

• He touched the one nobody touched. A man with a skin disease, whom everyone avoided, asked him for help. Before saying anything, he reached out and touched him.
• The only one who came back. He healed ten sick men. Only one came back to thank him: a foreigner, from a people many looked down on. He pointed it out in front of everyone.
• The feast for everyone. He told the story of a man who threw a great feast. The usual guests didn't come. So he sent for everyone nobody invited, until the house was full.
• Nobody chooses how they're born. His friends saw a man who had been born different and asked whose fault it was. He said it was nobody's. And he went over to help him.

He touched the skin everyone avoided, held up the outsider as an example, opened his table to everyone and didn't blame anyone for how they were born.

Nobody chooses their skin, their hair, their eyes or their origin. They're nobody's merit or fault. That's why nobody is worth more or less because of them.

The compass

There was a man who lived at a time when some peoples thought they were better than others, and there were people nobody wanted to touch. He never looked down on anyone.

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   He touched the one nobody touched

   A man with a skin disease, whom everyone pushed away, came to ask him for help. Before saying anything, he reached out and touched him. Where everyone moved away, he came closer.

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   The only one who came back

   He healed ten sick men everyone avoided. Only one came back to thank him. That one was a foreigner, from a people many looked down on. He pointed it out in front of everyone: the one nobody expected was the only one who came back.

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   The feast for everyone

   He told the story of a man who prepared a great feast. The usual guests made excuses and didn't come. So he sent his servants out to the streets and roads to find everyone nobody invited: the poor, those who came from far away, those who were always left out. Until the house was full.

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   Nobody chooses how they're born

   He was walking with his friends and they saw a man who had been born different. His friends asked: «Whose fault is it that he was born this way?». He answered that it was nobody's. Nobody chooses how they're born. And he went over to help him.

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   What they have in common

   He never looked down on anyone because of how they were born.

   • He touched the skin everyone avoided. Without disgust, without fear, before saying anything.
   • He held up the foreigner as an example. He said in public that the outsider had been the best.
   • He opened his table to everyone. His feast had room for the ones nobody invited.
   • He didn't blame anyone for how they were born. Not their skin, their eyes, their hair or their origin is anyone's fault or merit.
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   Equal dignity

   For him, nobody was worth more or less because of how they were born. It's what this route calls equal dignity.

   And he didn't stop at the idea: he touched, he invited, he came closer. It's the same thing the evidence says about us: what changes things isn't thinking nice thoughts, but what we do.