kindness

I rarely feel confident enough to give anyone advice about anything, but here's something small that has changed my life as a writer: a kindness log.

Joan Didion's 'Lost' Commencement Address, Revealed

I love and admire my species, living and dead, and am

totally dependent on them for my life and well being.

In life, sometimes true greatness is shown in small acts ...

I’ve been thinking about the way, when you walk

down a crowded aisle, people pull in their legs

to let you by. Or how strangers still say “bless you”

when someone sneezes, a leftover

from the Bubonic plague. “Don’t die,” we are saying.

And sometimes, when you spill lemons

from your grocery bag, someone else will help you

pick them up.