"You know, Ellen, a kind word can move mountains and change lives. But for those times when they've escaped you, when the right thing wasn't said, or the time wasn't right to say it, kind thoughts can do the same.

And better, thoughts have a way of lingering, seeking, and finding their intended beneficiary, unfettered by time and space. So it's never too late to think 'em, nor are you ever too far away.

Just a little something a tree once told me, The Universe"