Well, it feels like a confession, but maybe it's just "a fuller picture" of the truth.

What I'm getting at is that there are kind things I do often for my friends and family (and, yes, strangers, too!) that I don't blog about.  In that same vein, there are birthdays---important ones!----that totally catch me off guard and thank you cards I often forget to write.

My fascination with kindness is actually often fed by my lack of kindness in very basic ways.

Part in parcel with this confession is the commitment to use myself as a guinea pig.  What I hope this site to be is an inspiration and a resource of how to live your same, normal, busy life, but more kindly.  It's not about becoming Ghandi or Mother Teresa, it's about being conscious that a small kind action here and there, or even the same one over and over---whatever works for you, you go---does make a difference.  It does count.

So, I'm going to try to share more of my successes and my failures with you.  Please feel free to share your advice and thoughts with me.  (Hopefully you'll still accompany me on this kindness journey, although you will find out how truly far I have to go!)