By Charlene M Brown
I have a sage friend who says: “Relationships will end as they began.”
Lovin’ Life Now! Newsletter
Volume I, Issue 4: Try a Little Kindness: What Ever Happened to the Golden Rule!?
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2. Try A Little Kindness: What Ever Happened to the Golden Rule!? (Featured Article)
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2) Try A Little Kindness: What Ever Happened to the Golden Rule!? (Featured Article)
By Charlene M Brown
I often take walks in my neighborhood. Sometimes I am thinking, sometimes I am people watching, sometimes, I am just grateful for my surroundings.
One thing I notice fairly regularly, however, is that people always seem to be so angry at one another. Especially drivers.
Drivers are quick to impatiently honk their horn at another driver, often for things that are neither of their faults: If a pedestrian is crossing the street with small children, do you really want the car in front of you to mow them down!? I don’t so.
I am from a major city whose drivers (and pedestrians) are not known for their niceties. In fact, we have a reputation for being quite rude. And driving in this city can frustrate even the best drivers.
Just a few of these examples include the one-way streets that stop and start throughout the city, but going in the opposite direction each time; and whole neighborhoods that are numbered separately from the rest of the city and where the East-West split is a diagonal street.
So I understand people’s frustration.
Road Rage is very prevalent here. But people, as a whole, are just so angry all the time. What ever happened to “doing unto others and we want done to us?!” What ever happened to putting ourselves in the other person’s shoes?
Don’t get me wrong, I’ve also observed that most people are stuck in their own little bubble and think they are the only one on the road. They do things like suddenly slow down in steady traffic, make left turns from the far right lane, make u-turns (and Philly drivers know how to make u-turns!) without really enough time or space to do so. Believe me, I understand all of this.
But I still think we are missing compassion from our lives, not only driving, but everywhere we go.
In the United States, I would venture that most people don’t like their jobs. They feel like they are doing what they have to do to make ends meet. Customer service reps are rude (kind of ironic for a country that supposedly prides itself on having excellent customer service), and often don’t answer your concerns.
People are ill-tempered and short with you when you talk to them. Everyone is always complaining. Employees don’t like their bosses and bosses can’t get the employees to work. People work three jobs and still can barely support their families. People are underpaid and overworked and having to take on responsibilities that never should have belonged to them in the first place.
It is quite understandable that people are angry. Life Happens!
But what if each of us tried to show a little compassion in our daily interactions with others; tried to be a little patient with other people on a daily basis. Instead of holding onto grudges and vowing vengeance, what if we tried to see the other person’s viewpoint and work it out like compassionate human beings.
What if we stopped teaching war and hate and instead started teaching peace and tolerance as viable means of communication? What would our world and our streets and our neighborhoods look like then!? What if we celebrated our common thread of humanity instead of raging on in senseless wars over our differences? What if we did, in fact, treat each other as if we are all part of the same Divine Entity (Divin-ity), As if we are all beloved parts of the same Whole!?
I bet we would eliminate the need for car horns!
Try that in your interactions today. Try to remember the compassion!
A Big HUG To You!
~Charli
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