Thank you for joining us for episode 474 of Live Happy Now.

We know that kindness is crucial, and sometimes these days it seems to be in short supply.

But today, we're talking to a couple of happy activists who are creating kindness in a place you might not expect.

I'm your host, Paula Phelps, and this week I'm joined by Mayor Randall Hutto

and project administrator Susan Shaw,

who are the driving forces behind an initiative in Tennessee called Wilson County Kind.

As the name implies, Wilson County Kind promotes kindness, starting with local government.

Randall and Susan are here to share how this initiative started, why it's important for governments

to embrace kindness, and what effect this has had on their community. Let's have a listen.

Mayor Hutto, welcome to Live Happy Now. Thank you for having me.

This is a wonderful thing that we're going to talk about today.

It's something I love the fact that it comes from a government agency.

I love the good that you're putting out in the world.

And so before I ask you any more questions about it, why don't you tell us, tell our listeners, what Wilson County Kind is all about.

Well, thank you for having me on the show.

And, you know, for us, we get lots of conversations and lots of traffic that come through our office.

And normally, it's an opportunity for us to help people.

They have an issue.

Many people don't walk through the door saying, hey, you're doing a great job.

But again, it becomes an

opportunity for us to really do set back and take a chance on how can we help that person that

comes in. And normally, we're able to do that. Sometimes we're not able to, but most of the time we

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