Every morning, we wake up with choices the dead no longer possess.

We can choose to listen before we speak. We can choose to engage rather than dismiss. We can choose to see potential for growth in others rather than writing them off as irredeemable.

This doesn't mean accepting harmful ideologies or staying silent in the face of injustice. It means recognizing that change happens through relationship—through the patient work of building understanding across difference.

Some people genuinely aren't ready for reasoned conversation. Mental illness requires professional care, not debate. True extremism that refuses all reason requires different approaches. But for most people in our lives, there's potential for meaningful exchange.

Start small. Ask a genuine question. Share a personal story. Find one point of common ground. Listen. Really listen to understand rather than to win.

The dead can no longer change, grow, or love more deeply. The living can.

The question is: will we?

Your move.