Kindness Is Not an Option

Two big things happened in the US on the weekend of May 22-23, 2021. Pennsylvania celebrated 143 Day for the entire weekend and the city of Toledo, Ohio renamed its airport The Eugene F. Kranz Toledo Express Airport. Gene Kranz was the director of NASA mission operations, noted for the modern mantra, failure is not an option, and 143 Day was inspired by Pittsburgh’s favorite neighbor, Fred Rogers. Naturally these two belong in the same discussion. Don’t they? Both men have otherwise long resumes of competence, compassion, accountability, and kindness. Failure is not an option. Neither should be kindness.

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://therealrealityshowblog.wordpress.com/2021/05/24/kindness-is-not-an-option/