Undervalued

Daily writing prompt
What’s the most underrated life skill?

Maybe self-awareness. A person can barge through life as if unaware of the trail of hard feelings and such that they leave in their wake, because they’ve spent little time looking in the mirror, in a non-vain way, or actually hearing the occasional commentary intended to get their attention and move them to realize maybe they have a thing or two to work on.

Empathy might run a close second. It’s not a “woke” thing. It’s merely the capacity for patience and a bit of understanding of another’s situation and setting in life. It may keep one from rushing to judgment.