A short time ago I made a committment to give kindness and patience to the world. To meet differences and hostility with an effort to understand, and with compassion. Though this committment has recently seen it's trials, I remain steadfast in my endeavor. The world has seen too much pain for me to exacerbate its wounds with my limited understanding. I must always remember, that I'm leaving this world to my children. Children who I want to show kindness when faced with attack. I read a story recently about a hospital van that dropped a paraplegic homeless man on Skid Row, with no wheelchair and a malfunctioning colostomy bag. He was found dragging himself on the sidewalk with his hands clutching a hospital personal effects bag in his teeth. How we have come to have so little regard for others is terrifying. Count me out of this downward spiral toward barbarism. I have made the decision to show kindness, and there's nothing anyone can do to change that.