Just choose to be nice. :)
Among other things, lately I’ve been contemplating whether civility and positivism could be another mini-trend developing. But then I just had to conclude, it doesn’t matter if it’s a trend or not. It should be a choice that people just want to make. There are really nice people out there. They probably aren’t the ones looking to grab headlines though. They are probably just quietly going about their business. We should be putting them in the headlines though.
For example take our recent Superbowl coaches, Tony Dungie and Lovey Smith. Both describe themselves as “Christian values” coaches; both are gentle and respectful; neither yells or swears at their players; both achieve extraordinary results.
Another unlikely example is the sweet Drew Barrymore. Not only is she on People’s cover for the 100 Most Beautiful people, but she’s genuinely a beautiful person both inside and out.
So, who cares about the Don Imus’ or the Ann Coulters. Thanks to Russel Simmons for suggesting the ban on 3 particularly useless and derogatory words; while I absolutely appreciate his outcry, I would hope that this should be something we wouldn’t need to legislate.
The words we use are our choice. Just choose to be nice.
