Random Thoughts #41: Nice people

I’ve been conducting an unscientific poll for the last couple of months to determine if there are more nice people in the world or more not nice people in the world. My tiny spot in the world to be precise.

While my poll was random, because it took place totally within my mind, I can’t say that it was unbiased. And because it took place totally within my mind it was very small. And because it took place totally within my mind, I can’t say that I didn’t forget a good chunk of it. I don’t think I did, but there’s limited space up there and sometimes things get purged and when that happens it’s pretty much out of my control.

In the end I can’t say if there are more nice people in the world or not nice people in the world. Or my tiny spot in the world to be precise. But I can say that I discovered that by me being nice to other people it made me feel nice which makes me a nice person in the world. Yay! And really, I thought, being nice to others, does anything else matter? Can you dig it?

There are other nice people in the world. Lots of them. There’s no precise number of nice people in the world, but according to US News and World Report (in an undated report), New Zealand is the friendliest country on earth. So that would be a good place to start counting.

The United States is #46 on the list which is kind of sad. But there are nice people in the United States, which is nice, and one of the nice people here in the US is Lois. I know Lois from the Blogiverse. Please go HERE and read her blog and let her brighten your day.

And maybe a song will also brighten your day