Tag: definition of nice
Updated on December 9, 2016
Jesus Did Not Come and Die to Make Me Nice
The Year of Not Being Nice has been harder than I thought. It is much easier to be nice—no conflicts, no controversy, no rocking the boat. It’s easier to be a bobble head. Some people have challenged me, “Really?… Read More
Updated on June 1, 2016
The Hall of Fame of Not-Nice People
In this Year of Not Being Nice, I’m compiling a list of role models in courage and conviction, men and women who take their place instead of being put into someone else’s place for them. These are people… Read More
Posted on March 16, 2016
Getting to the Root of Niceness
. . . or Why You Wouldn’t Have Wanted to Be a “Nice Girl” in Chaucer’s Time You learn a lot by studying the history of a word. The Latin root of “nice” is nescius (picture Toula’s… Read More