Kiran Rai's Story:

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I always say this, but our existence is so temporary and it’s so important to recognize that.

 We are everything and we are nothing at the same time. We’re a part of something that is so much greater, this universal energy. If people started viewing things and seeing things that way, it gets so much easier to take a burden off your shoulder. Be nicer to yourself. We start building these blocks for ourselves when we really could be helping ourselves. It really does come down to how do you treat yourself. Why do you treat yourself that way? What

happened in your life to feel like this is the right way to speak to yourself? We need to start taking responsibility for ourselves but also forgiving ourselves in the process. We need more open dialogue in our homes, our schools, our communities. We need people to feel safer.

 

I think films like Haneri are helping open up that conversation.