Think About It

Some people are rude. Perhaps their rudeness comes by a lack of knowledge or ignorance of the law of being nice.

What is the law of being nice? Simple, if you’re nice to people, people will be nice to you. Not too complicated is it? Then, why do so many people have trouble adhering to this principle?

Selfishness could be one answer. The selfish person only thinks about themselves and their universe. They fail to see how their actions affect the people they come in contact with. Their vision is myopic, which denies them insight into a larger world. A world in which their very own myopia impacts negatively upon their being.

Used to be when you gave your word, nothing else was needed. If you said you’d be at such and such a place at a certain time, you’d simply be there. Today, appointments really don’t mean anything. People keep an appointment, or not, at the slightest whim with no consideration of the inconvenience they cause anyone else.

I just don’t understand people like that.

This is over simplistic, but proves a point and illustrates the law of being nice. Try this, smile at someone, and see what happens. More than likely they will smile back. That’s it, in a nutshell.

Of good manners, Edmund Burke says, “Manners are of more importance than laws. Manners are what vex or soothe, corrupt or purify, exalt or debase, barbarize or refine us, by a constant, steady, uniform, insensible operation, like that of the air we breathe in.”

The Golden Rule is golden for a reason. It works!

Thoughts

I feel as if I’m in the movie, “If It’s Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium”, which is a movie about a group of travelers from the United States who race through seven countries in 18 days.

In short, too many things to do, and too little time to get it all done.

Here’s what happened today.

I looked at my the calendar on my iPhone and saw my daughter had a dentist’s appointment at 8:30 AM. I told her about the appointment last night, everyone was on board, all set to go.

We left the house this morning with plenty of time to get to the dentist’s office, and arrived at the dentist’s office with five minutes to spare.

As we pulled into the parking lot we noticed there was only one car parked. I think, “This is great. We’re the first ones here.” We walk into the dentist’s office, and are graciously told by the receptionist that our appointment was for Tuesday, not today.

After I wiped the egg off my face, we made another appointment which I’ve written down in conspicuous places all over the house, so this won’t happen again.

My daughter was not upset at all, and neither was I. It was a simple mix up, and proof that at times our lives are more complicated than they need to be.

We left the dentist’s office and decided to have a father/daughter in-car breakfast. McDonald’s was our destination, and we had an enjoyable breakfast as we drove to school.

Missed appointment, hectic life, yes, but I had a chance to have breakfast with my daughter which made it all worthwhile. :-).

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