this blog is a mid summer gift to myself. i feel as though i am reaching a point where i can write down my thoughts and hopefully they will be of some help to others. if not... well than at least i am writing them down.

today i bought a mug with a smiling cupcake on it. this made me happy. today was not the best of days and this cupcake mug made me smile. i have decided that some people consider only their own feelings when acting. they don't realize, or don't care, how they are affecting the world around them. these people make me sad. they are not the sort of people who buy smiling cupcake mugs. i feel sorry for these people, the people without the smiling cupcake mugs. if they had a smiling cupcake mug, maybe they would be kinder. maybe not.

today i read a quote by kurt vonnegut that i think is one of the most insightful things i have ever read. the quote is from an excellent book called 'god bless you mr rosewater' and it ends by saying 'there's only one rule that i know of - goddamn it, you've got be to kind.' kindness is underrated, in my opinion. today i am going to be kind to everyone i encounter. i'm going to smile at a stranger and hope it makes them happy. today i am going to try to muster all of the kindness i can from my insides. today i hope i meet someone kind.

if not, i hope i meet them tomorrow. because there is always tomorrow. even if one day i am not here to see it, there will always be tomorrow. and i hope there are kind people tomorrow.