you've got to be kind, dammit

Had a run in with a friend.   They left some dishes close to the kitchen sink, but not in it, about five feet from it.   I made a joke and said,  “hey let me show you this hole in the granite.  See that’s where the dirty dishes go.  In the water, so that the dried food can soak off before it goes in the dishwasher .” 

(I know I am beginning to sound like Felix Unger, but hey, it’s my house).

That’s when they immediately began to attack me for something that I did days ago, where I left a cup behind the computer in the office.   I didn’t see it.  I forgot about it.  I didn’t take it almost to the kitchen and give  up.  And leave it for someone else to finish.  Finish the job.

And that’s basically what I want to talk about today.   Follow through.  Finishing the job.   Giving full measure.

When you do this, you not only leave a path to emulate, you feel good about what you did, because you did the best you could.  You gave full measure.  Whatever it is.

And part of full measure is being aware of  yourself, your surroundings and others.  It’s not up to anyone else to cover your act or further your agenda.  It’s up to you.   Be aware.  Be considerate.   You are not alone on the planet here.  Consider others.  It makes for a better world.

I see people at the gym every day who stand around talking to each other next to the workout machines.   I see them put their towel on a piece of equipment and then walk over to the water fountain and then to the bathroom.

Meanwhile, no one is using the equipment because they think someone is on it.    If someone were actually on it, then it would be easy to tell.   A BODY would be there with the towel.

Reserving your machine in this way, simply states that your agenda is more important than anyone else at the gym.   And all of us should respect your request to not use that machine because sometime in the near  future you intend to use it.  What crap.

Last night as I was going through a green light, some young dudes on skate boards decided to cross the street anyway.    Fortunately I have these batman reflexes, so I didn’t hit even one of them, but as I screeched by them, they cursed me and flipped me off for having the temerity to go through a green light when they wanted to cross illegally.

This planet is getting more and more crowded and as it does, courtesy and kindness becomes more and more necessary.

Overcrowded conditions create all sorts of miscreant behavior, spontaneous violence and even catatonic withdrawal.

Now more than ever, we need to be aware of each other, respectful of each other, courteous to each other and kind to each other.  

If we don’t learn this, we’ll end up eating each other.    Yechh!

Comments

[Eva]

Your house, your rules. That's just good manners.

Whatever you have to do, if you give it your all and do the best you can, not only do you have that satisfaction of a job well done, but you save yourself a bunch of time, energy, and aggravation, because it is DONE and you can move on to something else. Ask me how I learned that lesson :)

[raY]

Too many people confine their exercise to jumping to conclusions, running up bills, stretching the truth, bending over backward, lying down on the job, sidestepping responsibility and pushing their luck

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