Humanity. Whatever happened to treating people the way you wanted to be treated?
* Why do people no longer wave to say thank you when driving after you have let them into your lane? Especially when you give a courtesy honk to let them know it’s ok to move over.
* Continuing on with the car complaints, why is everyone in such a rush? Do you know that by speeding and passing on the right side they are endangering lives; only to end up taking about 2 minutes off their travel time
* Service: In an age of Starbucks every morning and take-out every night, what happened to ‘Please’ and ‘Thank You’? Do you even look into the eyes of the server who knows your usual order? Or are you so sucked into your phone that you can’t bother to lift your head just a moment? Maybe even ask them how their day is today?
* Why are parents so afraid to discipline their children and allow them to run amuck in public? What happened to teaching them manors? Children need love, support, structure and discipline, you have to wonder what psychological issues they might cause later down the road.
* Why do we not take a minute to get to know our neighbors? Especially in apartment buildings. No longer do we look a person in the eye to say “hello” as you are walking down the street, but instead we lower our heads, burrowing our eyes into an electronic device pretending not to notice they exist?
* Why are we so afraid to meet someone new or even just act polite to a stranger? Very rarely do we make conversation with the person in the checkout line or dare to actualy walk up and give a compliment to someone that you really liked what they were wearing (instead of thinking it in your head).
* Whatever happened to playing outside till dark or knowing that your neighbor will remind your child that it’s time to go home or what they are doing is not expectable behavior? Now you feel like you need to do a background check on your daughter’s boyfriend and parents too. And don’t dare attempt to nurture or reprimand someone’s child without being prepared for a verbally attack.
Am I the only one that still just trusts my gut? That when I (if I) have children I will be honest and teach them the good and bad. That’s the best way to protect them. To be open and honest to what they are capable of understanding.
We have lost the ways of using the local community as a strong support system but instead use it against us. We donate money to people across the world in a time of need, but never in our own neighborhood. Why did we stop helping those around us that need it? Do we feel better that we are helping a third world country even though we are ignoring the issues in our own back yard?
I am choosing not to talk about the recent disasters and tragedies as it feels like it happens every weekend, one more gruesome than the next.
Instead I want to focus on the good. That not everyone is the person I described above. I found these two things through Instagram and I really wanted to share.
We all have those moments that you just get so overwhelmed by the crap that invades our mind and time we need to remember that we hold our own fate in our hands and while it may be hard, we have the power to overcome things that we once thought impossible. (You may have to click on the picture to be able to read the print)
As for this one, I liked it because it teaches your children to look for the positive in the case of negative events in the news.
We should be more than grateful to those that are the first to respond; those that sacrifice their lives to try and save others. No matter how big or small the event. I have been in that position before; where your adrenaline steps in and takes over. My parents were once volunteer firemen and have taught me that sometimes you just have to jump in and help, even if it is to just to help calm down a shaken up person not physically affected by the situation.
Life is what you make it. I wish I could influence others to make a difference in our society. To wake everyone up and take a look inside ourselves to realize what is going on. But it starts with one. I am looking at my own life and seeing what changes I want to make, within myself and my local community. How about you?
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