They say the hardest thing is when the world is being hard on you, not to become hard too. I've had a rough pacth lately and I've decided the thing to to is to be nice to everyone. Hi there. I don't know you, and I don't love you in any "let's make babies" kinda way, but I'm glad you're on the planet with me and I want you to have a nice day. Please enjoy these posts and feel just a little better when done.
Now here's some good advice. I don't think you will every meet an unhappy angry person who still thinks they've got a lot of opportunity in front of them
I had to restart my life so many times that I eventually decided that starting over is neither beginning nor ending but just another day in the much larger cycle that is my life. When you fail there's always room to try something new.
So I'd never really thought about being nice as a science or something that you'd study somewhere but it turns out that a lot of people have put a lot of thought into just what it is to be nice and how to do it. Here are some links I found hunting around this morning.
1. Wikihow covers everything, literally! Here's there 16 point process for being nice to people.
3. I'm not sure where this list comes from but it says it's 38 ways to be nice out of a 48 item original list.
4. I love Tiny Buddha, their advice this morning is 4 ways to be nice when you don't feel like being nice. Good work Tiny Buddha! Being nice when you don't feel like it it a biggie!
6. This is forum discussion about how to be nice to an annoying person. it's not really a list of how to be nice but I'm including it because one commenter really cracked me up. They're advice was, "Just don't be a dick." Straight, to the point, easy to follow. I'm writing it down.
And finally, here's yoga instructor Tara Stiles pointing out the benefits of being nice to people and offering a kindness. I'm taking her challenge.
This is another video from the "Hello Stranger" people. This may seem a little weird, given how miserable we are used to being, but ask yourself. Would you rather live in a world where strangers were randomly so nice?
The decision to be a nice person is actually sort of hard because the world expects you to be cynical and jaded. It takes real strength not to assume the useless bitter attitudes of the people around you. Remember, those that have decided to be good, consciously decided to be good people are the role models. Stay strong. I believe in you.
