i've thought a lot about what i wanted to say today and have come to the conclusion i don't, for once, have any words. i don't know how to express my sadness, frustration, anger and confusion. i also don't know how to say how much respect i have for all the people who have been so deeply and permanently changed - in a long list of ways both good and bad - for the things they have faced and endured and, at times, overcome.
i ask only one thing today even though i know it sounds completely sappy. be kind. be kind to the people you know. the people you don't. the people you encounter every day at the store or the office or on your walk. be kind to the people you love and somehow forget to show that to. be kind to the people you don't like and don't understand. to the people who make you angry and crazy with frustration - even to the people who provoke you.
and if you can, do it for more than one day. we could all use a little more kindness and understanding these days.
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