Be Nice!

I watched a video today about an actor that was accepting an award at his college and he was asked what advice would he give to the graduating class.  He said "Show up on time, learn your lines and be nice." I cannot agree with this advice any more than I do.  The whole concept of Be Nice is much needed right now.  In a world where even the Presidential candidates are being mean and unkind to each other pretty much every single day, niceness seems to be a novel concept.

But it's the very first thing I notice in any situation.  Was that person a jerk or not?  If they were a jerk, they're written off.  If they were nice, I'll follow them to the ends of the earth. I would much rather a person act like a human being than anything else. It's my favorite thing!  If you can be kind in the face of unkindness, you are an amazing person. I would go so far as saying I even severely judge people who don't play by that rule.  I've sworn off actors and actresses, sportsman and ordinary people that showed that they're cocky, unkind, full of anger or hate or just plain mean.  There are quite a few that are on my list of not liked.

I've said it before and I'll say it again, what's even the point of spending your life in a constant state of "I'm mad at the world?"  It doesn't make life any easier.  And by you being mean to me, it makes my life unhappier.  How's that make you feel any better?  Who desires to make someone's life crummier?  Maybe if we all tried to make everyone's else life better or happier or nicer, our lives would turn out a bit better or happier or nicer.  Ever think of that, meanies?

And if you can't be "nice", at the very least venture to be not a jerk.  There are way too many of them already in the world.  We definitely don't need any more especially seeing as the King of the Jerks may (Oh how I hope this isn't true!) soon be our leader...