Happy New Year!
By Vicki Delany
I have the honour of being the first to post for Type M in
the year 2017.
Can it be 2017 already!
I remember when we were so excited about the arrival of the new millennium.
Despite the doom and gloom in the world, it was an excellent
year for me and everyone in my family, and I hope for you and yours also.
I try throughout the near to be a reasonably good person, I
give regularly to charities of my choice, and I buy food and other goods
locally and sustainably made whenever I can, but I was stuck by what Barbara said on Wednesday
about consciously trying to do good in the world. I liked that idea a lot.
Not just to be not an awful person, but to consciously try
to be a nicer one. To do little things for someone if you can, or say a kind
word. Good deeds do cost nothing, and a smile or a word of praise costs nothing
at all. We also have to be aware that it might be up to us to do what little we can to stop the spread of hatred and bigotry. Don't let small sneers or insults directed at groups or individuals pass.
I am going to try to make that my resolution for 2017. I don’t have much influence on the rest of the
work, but I do have influence on myself and the people I interact with.
So, happy New Year to you all, and may you be what you want the
world to be.
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