 You know, compassion is the backbone of everything that strong cities should do. The old golden rule, do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Fort Worth signed the International Charter for Compassion because we want to make a statement. Compassion is important for a city and especially a city like Fort Worth because while we are the 16th largest city, we are a very friendly city. It's important for us to recognize in this city that we in fact have people that are not as well, not as well cared for, not as well served as we could be and it's important for our city in the broad spectrum of things that we address this issue and we address it with compassion. So how do we create a culture of compassion? Compassion really simply starts with a smile. It starts with saying hello. It's each of us doing our own part, our own little part in any small type of way that starts to create that culture of compassion. You know, I think it's critically important to the health of a city, any community that children and youth learn that compassion. But more than that, the schools, the universities, all, if you start talking about things that begins to pique people's imagination and it catches hold and that's how we'll become the compassionate city that we want to be. There's a significant number of volunteers and people in the community that step forward every day, every day and make this community, this city what it is. But there are plenty of folks that sit on their laurels also and say somebody else is doing it, I shouldn't have to. My vision for Fort Worth as a compassionate city is that all people will treat each other with kindness and respect and that we will be known in the business community, in the schools, in the religious community as a city that really cares. My grandmother would have said a front porch community where people care about each other and I would love for us to be the largest city with that great front porch small town filled.