Monthly Archives: January, 2007

Better to be Kind

In my last post, I wrote about being “not nice”, but real. Here, I want to say that while I’m ambivalent about being “nice”, I’m all for being kind. In my book, “Where There’s Smoke”, I write: Pg 217 “Nice is good, but kind is better. Personally, I’m not impressed with “nice”. Let’s face it, [...]

For the New Year a Wish to be “Not Nice”

Let’s go for authentic. Let’s go for speaking with a true voice, for creating the space for our angers and fears and jealousies, and all those things that make us feel uncomfortable, to be heard. Let’s go for being real. Not abusive or abrasive, though there will be some who will accuse us of that, [...]