The other day I saw a bumper sticker that read “It’s Not Hard to Be Nice.”
At first blush, it’s awfully hard to argue with that. But then you think about it a little and realize that, in fact, the opposite is true. To be nice is to think first of the other person; to set aside, however briefly, any ill will you might be harboring; to make a concerted effort to turn bitterness into…betterness. (Get it? Get it?)
Being a dick is SO much easier.
