Rude People Are Rude
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!