“We have a whole new year ahead of us, and wouldn’t it be wonderful if we could all be a little more gentle with one another, and a little more loving, have a little more empathy. And maybe next year at this time we’d like each other a little bit more.” —Judy Garland, 1964.

May the dawn of a new year inspire resolve to flaunt the finest qualities of human nature.

It seems as though isolation, fears and even brain fog caused by the Covid pandemic have spawned a parallel epidemic of hatred and meanness. We can all help counter this unfortunate trend by putting Garland’s words of wisdom into practice.

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