I thought I knew the answers; turns out that I don’t even know the questions. I am nearing the end of my life – well, I am certainly closer to the end than I am to the beginning. And I am just now learning that I can never learn enough to keep up with the changes to the world. No, I’m not talking about new gadgets, new inventions, new ways to do things – I’m talking about changes in people.
What has happened to courtesy? What has happened to respect for a person? What has happened that no one counts for much of anything any longer?
I hold a door open for anyone – not just women, the elderly, or handicapped folks – everyone. Why? Because that is what I was taught – courtesy is indicative of a concern for others. It is indicative of the fact that I am recognizing that person and respecting them. How many folks do you suppose bother to say thank you? I’ve never actually counted but I am going to start doing so just so I can answer that question for my own benefit.
How many times have you wondered just where the world is going? I find that I am more and more frequently wondering just that. When did our love for others become just a self-love world? At what point does our self-love give way to a hate-others sort of society? We are already all about self-love; we are well on our way to hate-others, I believe. I don’t think I want to live in that sort of world, do you?
It’s not about Democrats versus Republicans, blacks versus whites, old versus young or anything else other than me against you. Me is much more important than you. Me is what it is all about – you is so last week.
Are you tired? I am.
What has happened to courtesy? What has happened to respect for a person? What has happened that no one counts for much of anything any longer?
I hold a door open for anyone – not just women, the elderly, or handicapped folks – everyone. Why? Because that is what I was taught – courtesy is indicative of a concern for others. It is indicative of the fact that I am recognizing that person and respecting them. How many folks do you suppose bother to say thank you? I’ve never actually counted but I am going to start doing so just so I can answer that question for my own benefit.
How many times have you wondered just where the world is going? I find that I am more and more frequently wondering just that. When did our love for others become just a self-love world? At what point does our self-love give way to a hate-others sort of society? We are already all about self-love; we are well on our way to hate-others, I believe. I don’t think I want to live in that sort of world, do you?
It’s not about Democrats versus Republicans, blacks versus whites, old versus young or anything else other than me against you. Me is much more important than you. Me is what it is all about – you is so last week.
Are you tired? I am.
