If You Were Wondering, Nice Does Matter!

During this specifically crazy time of year, when everybody has to do a lot of things, when deadlines crush you, numbers give you head aches and planning and strategy keep you awake, Mig was thoughtful and sweet enough (as she usually is) to remind me how important it is to be nice, by making me blush a lot with the Nice Matters award. I’d like to first thank her for her constant support, for the jokes and fun times that we’ve shared and generally for being Mig :)

Nice Matters

I always try to be nice to those around me. I don’t always succeed, but every time I feel I could have done more or acted differently, I make mental notes of being a better person the next time. I also love nice people, as I am sure we all do. See, this trait of humans is really crucial to me. Why? Because daily nonsense is enough as it is, because things will go wrong at a certain moments and because we cannot be permanently happy. Why then would we make each other feel worse when so much good comes from one genuine smile?

As I have to pass on this award, I realize it has to be a limited list of people. I’d give it back to Mig, but that would put the award in quite a loop and she already knows I love her :) So, the Nice Matters Award goes to :

Bart - who has always been around when I needed him and who always has some nice thoughts to share. He simply knows how to make people feel better. I wish I am able to repay him with the same kind of support whenever he needs it.

Sarah - my old blogger friend who I miss talking on a more regular basis, but who is always there.

Tota - who has given my a lot of support during some nasty nights and who, although going through a very difficult and painful moment, still found time to reply comments and emails.

Zu - my daily dose of optimism, my preferred source for good books, nice music and interesting online reads.

Liz Strauss - for here extreme niceness and for being wonderful at making people feel at home.

And little bro Ryan - for his warm soul and all the times he was there for me.

And I could go on for quite a while here, but I cannot choose my whole blogroll (you can visit each and every one of these bloggers if you want to get to know them). Thank you all from the bottom of my heart for being nice!

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10 Comment(s)

  1. Thank you, Alina!!!

    And by the way: you got tagged!!! Several times!!!! :P

    Start writing!

    b0gdan | Dec 14, 2007 | Reply

  2. OMG, several times? That sounds frightening :D

    Alina Popescu | Dec 14, 2007 | Reply

  3. You are the sweetest thing on Earth!

    Mig | Dec 14, 2007 | Reply

  4. Thank you! Lots of kisses :)

    Alina Popescu | Dec 14, 2007 | Reply

  5. Thank you Alina, I’m glade that I dropped here now to see how nice and supportive u r to your friends (as i used u to be) even when they have a long-term absence. It’s always that when someone is nice to ppl he has them to be nice back?, u should take the golden award though … Nice new skin :)

    Tota | Dec 14, 2007 | Reply

  6. my dear,

    you’ve made me blush with embarassment but with undying gratitude for your well-meant words… in the end we’re all people with more or less the same needs and wishes and i seem to have a gift for understanding the situations in which the people close to me are dealing with…

    don’t worry, i don’t require repayment in any sense or form, your friendship is more than sufficient ;-)

    keep well, be good :-)

    bart | Dec 15, 2007 | Reply

  7. Thank you Bart! I meant repayment more like…hoping I’ll never add to much to what you’re already handling every day :) And of course, manage to be around when you need me :P

    Alina Popescu | Dec 16, 2007 | Reply

  8. Hi Tota,

    Thanks for coming by again and for your kind words :)You really deserved that award!

    Alina Popescu | Dec 18, 2007 | Reply

  9. … yep, you really do make me look twice to see if that’s me you’re talking about :-))

    Zu | Dec 18, 2007 | Reply

  10. Zu, it’s really you, trust me :D

    Alina Popescu | Dec 18, 2007 | Reply

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