When I was younger, if you had told me that one of the highest compliments I would receive is being called nice, I would have been horrified.

Nice? I thought. Meh! More than meh, actually. Nice was vanilla. More than vanilla, actually. Nice was scraping the bottom of the barrel.

I wanted to be interesting, intelligent, creative, talented. Nice? Nice is what you are, I thought then, if you’re not interesting, intelligent, creative or talented. Nice was almost an insult.

The older I get, however, the more I’ve come to realize just how underrated nice is. . .and just how necessary.

That’s why today’s heart-centered practice is BE: Nice.