Your thoughts on kindness resonate with me, too. I find it too easy to get caught up in all the other things in life and then sometimes it takes a metaphorical kick to make me pull back and try to be more deliberate about what I do and say. So, thanks for talking about it.

As for the second part of your post, I think your thoughts and process are worth sharing - in part because it gives me faith that it's okay to make mistakes sometimes. I'm terrified of making those mistakes and I find myself slowly closing up and saying less and less. But we get stuff wrong, we learn, and then we go out there again because it's the only way for progress to happen. I guess this is me being encouraging, even though that's not really what you were looking for. I appreciate your reviews!