I’m on a Stena Sealink ferry crossing.

Apparently it’s possible to run a ferry company without throwing hundreds of people overboard.

And in the music business, it is said that you should be nice on the way up, because you’ll be seeing the same people on the way back down.

But being nice, being kind, to our fellow humans, should be its own justification. Putting people at ease, raising a smile, giving hope, doing what we promised…it shouldn’t need a commercial or self preservation imperative.

We can choose to do the right thing, even if others sadly don’t.