I took six weeks off from recording any gestures of NICE. I didn't mean for it to go this long, but here it is six weeks later and I now I am ready to write again about NICE.
I was hoping that being NICE had become a habit. Every day I thought about being nice. Sometimes I planned what I'd do (invite a friend to a movie) or just let the nice happen spontaneously. I didn't want to write about it, I just wanted to do it, to have it become part of my life. But as the weeks went on, I found starting thinking less and less about nice. And after I started thinking about it less, I did it less.
II thought I'd start writing about my experiences again because of what happened today.
I was taking my daily walk and as I walked through the corner gas station, I noticed an elegant older woman filling her tank. I really loved the pants she was wearing and at first wasn't going to say anything, but then I thought I'd be NICE and tell her how lovely she looked.
I turned around and told her that I really liked her outfit and the pants were especially gorgeous and looked so good on her. Her face just lit up and she said: "Today is my birthday and I'm on my way to a lunch with friends, and you just gave me my first birthday gift!" And that made ME feel great....so....
Thirty Days of Nice (Redux)
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