Work hard and be kind

I didn’t pay attention at all to the whole the late-night wars occurring over the past month, as it didn’t affect any shows I watch occasionally: Daily, Colbert, Mercer, 22 Minutes and Youtube for the rest of precious funny moments. But I saw Conan O’Brien’s final monologue on the Tonight Show and thought it was absolutely lovely. My favorite quote of this year… and it’s still January:

“To all the people watching, I can never thank you enough for your kindness to me and I’ll think about it for the rest of my life. All I ask of you is one thing: please don’t be cynical. I hate cynicism — it’s my least favorite quality and it doesn’t lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you’re kind, amazing things will happen.”

Honest, practical advice to not succumb to cynicism despite hard times. Nicely done.