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I think about Jim Carrey a lot more than a man my age should.

Mostly because we're about to get a fourth Sonic the Hedgehog movie when all my 12 year-old heart really wants is a proper conclusion to Dumb & Dumber because Dumber & Dumber To was kind of a dud. I don't think that's too much to ask. I have been patient. I have been kind. I deserve this. The world deserves this.

Anyway, back in 2014 (which is coincidentally around the time of the 20th anniversary of the release of Dumb & Dumber), Jim gave a commencement speech at Maharishi International University of Management, where he said…

We live in a time where it's genuinely hard to be kind. The news is loud. The internet is louder. Everyone seems to be fighting about everything, all the time, and the path of least resistance is to match that energy and fight back. But the stuff we accumulate, the wins, the achievements, the arguments we won, none of it lasts. What lasts is how we made people feel. What lasts is what we chose to lead with when kindness wasn't the easiest option.

This is it for the newsletter this week. I'm taking a bit of a break, but I didn't want to leave you empty handed.

Just this: choose kindness this week. Not because it's easy. Not because everyone deserves it. But because of what Jim Carrey said, and because of who you want to be when everything else falls away.

Be kind and I’ll be back next week.

Jason