Finding the Good in Everyday Life
What were kids like when you were growing up? Maybe it was the time when I grew up (in the 70s and 80s), but I don’t seem to remember a whole lot of kindness emanating from other kids, or from me. I’m sure there was kindness now and then, but for the most part I [...]
Quite honestly, with the events in Washington DC this week, I haven't been feeling like being too kind. I mean, come on... But I think that times like these are when it's most important to wrap kindness around yourself. Try to get some light to break through that darkness. And I don't know why, but [...]
It’s very easy to think that there is no more goodness or kindness in the world, especially in a year like 2020. If not downright hateful, I think most people at least reached peak crankiness this year. And it was exhausting. Maybe it just seems like it’s harder to find or see human kindness these [...]
I don’t remember the first time I saw Mister Rogers. He was just always there. I was one of those lucky kids born right around the time that “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” (and “Sesame Street”) came into being. And when my dad would come home from work for lunch at noontime, there was always a battle [...]