Happy New Year!
You're going to be seeing a lot of summaries for 2022 and predictions for 2023 around this time of year. I'm not writing one of those. You'll also see people calling for new years resolutions and the like. I'm not going for that either.
Nope, let's keep it simple. It is a new year. There will be new and interesting challenges and opportunities. Lots of people, in lots of places, will be dealing with lots of things, some we know and some we don't. Because of all this, I'm just asking that we renew our efforts at kindness. People may disagree, but we can still be kind. We may say the wrong thing, or say things the wrong way, so kindness is important for us all. Kindness is nothing more than a way to help lubricate the great machine that is social interaction. Like any machine, without some oil in the right places, stuff can go badly wrong. People are the same.
Where you can, when you can, practice a little kindness. I'll do the same. We may find things just a tad easier if we do.