"What can we do to help ourselves see that individual experiences of #kindness, politeness and decency are not random oases of good fortune in a desert of general nastiness?"#TheGuardianhttps://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/28/need-cheering-up-after-a-terrible-year-i-may-have-just-the-story-youre-looking-for