I have a million things I've been meaning to post about.

Like what my life is like now that school has started.

Or an essay contest I just entered, and how amazingly helpful people were in editing and giving advice on my paper.

Seriously, the kindness they showed make me want to love everyone I meet!

I read a post this morning on my friends blog who also lost a baby boy.

She talked about how in honor of her son she has become better at recognizing that every person she encounters is a person, and they may be having the worst day ever.

We just never know.

So we need to be kinder to people.

And when I read her post, I totally knew what she meant.

Since the death of my son, I have an increased ability to empathize and give people the benefit of the doubt , even if I haven't had the exact same thing happen.

The whole point of this post is, I don't do this as often as I should.

For instance, yesterday when a totally obnoxious lady yelled out her window that I'm an idiot because the speed limit is 25 mph and I need to wake up and stop being so stupid..

(Apparently she thought I was riding her tail, and she was a little upset about it..)

Instead of just giving her the benefit of the doubt (maybe her hamster just died, or she has had a stressful day).

I made an effort to smile and wave at her just because I knew it would make her more mad.

I mean, yes she was going 23 mph and I was in a hurry.

But what I should have done is yelled out the window "Ok sorry!" Or just not waved sarcastically.

So obviously, this is something I need to be better at.

I didn't feel bad about it yesterday. And now I kind of do.

And feeling bad about it is the first step right?

Hm.