Treat Everyone As If…
This reminded me of something I was taught years ago…
“Treat everyone you meet as if they are going through a major personal crisis and at least half of the time you will be right.”
Sadly … the math seems to work. People are dealing with stuff…lots of people with lots of stuff. You know this is true because you have, you are or you know someone else who is.
Kindness… it’s a wonderful thing.
January 24th, 2012 at 9:35 am
This is a truth that will forever be ingrained in my mind. I’m not perfect and about 30 years ago “signaled my frustration” at a very aggressive driver on the highway. Seconds later I could have lost my life when his armed reaction totally took me by surprise. Luckily I had watched enough Smoky and the Bandit movies to make an escape. But from that moment on, I will never take for granted that someone is “having a nice day”.
January 24th, 2012 at 10:08 am
I absolutely love this quote. If anyone is like myself, I don’t always show that I am having a bad day because I dont want to impose my frustrations on others. Especially on those days it is hard when others are inconsiderate or rude. If everyone just remembers that sometimes we keep our battles to ourselves, then we might be able to makes those days a little easier for everyone.
January 24th, 2012 at 11:18 am
I love your quote. I printed a copy and posted in my cubical. You know, no matter how much stuff we may be going thru, kindness to others usually makes us feel somewhat better. If I can lessen someone else’s load today by being helpful and kind, I will have lightened my own load as well.
Go not where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail of kindness in your wake…
Lesa