Comments on: Do Me A Favor?

By: catsmum

catsmum — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 11:13:59 +0000

today I was very careful not to be accusative when I made the nice lady at the cafe aware of the 2 slices of chicken [ to which I am allergic ] that were adhered to the underside of my vegetarian focaccia. She was so apologetic that she gave me a free cake. All I wanted to do was have them be a little more vigilant about their food handling practices but okay. I’m not going to knock back free vanilla slice.
Earlier I had tootled along behind a truck going 10km per hour under the limit on a rural main road. I was just enjoying the day and the drive but several other drivers took risks to get past. Maybe they were in more of a hurry than i was? Who knows.On the plus side no one was abusive as far as I could see so score one point for the hurried but nice people.

By: Birdsong

Birdsong — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 02:20:51 +0000

As you know already, impulsive bad behavior has seriously impacted my family recently, so I am with you 100% on this… trying to train my young adult drivers to calm down behind the wheel… after all, it’s just a moment and not the whole show, but what happens in that moment can have a lasting impact. Thanks for bringing this up!

By: Asa

Asa — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 00:16:24 +0000

Promise! I just came across your Branching Out scarf pattern and my fingers are itching to get started on this beautiful pattern – thank you.

By: CindyCindy

CindyCindy — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 21:49:30 +0000

It seems to be contagious, too. I hope that kindness is contagious, but to be honest, so far it hasn’t been, but I will never stop trying. Many years ago I learned that every single person you meet during a day is experiencing life no better or worse than you are. We are, all of us, part of the human family.

By: Joni

Joni — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 19:45:44 +0000

Susan, I always try to give people the benefit of the doubt. I also look for reasons to explain to my kids (in front of other, impatient strangers) why we should never be rude to others. There’s just no way we could know enough about someone else’s life to justify being unkind. Well honestly, I don’t think there’s ever, ever a good excuse for driving on the wrong side of the road but I don’t give people the finger after they almost hit me or anything.

By: Annalea

Annalea — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 19:43:02 +0000

Thanks so much for your post today. I’ve thought a fair bit about the whole “judging” deal . . . and it’s a topic that I think is so misunderstood. So often people, especially Christians (of which I am), interpret “judge not” as “form no opinion”, or “don’t use your brain”. Instead we should recognize poor behavior silently, and show a better alternative when presented with such a show. The turning point for me was when I was driving somewhere a few years ago in a rural area, and was the only one on the road. Approaching the place where a side road came into the one I was on, a small black car in poor repair pulled out right in front of me. It was blatantly clear that the woman driving was having one hellish day . . . she had pushed the car to its limit and swerved violently . . . and the thought came so clearly into my mind that the last thing she needed was for me to make it worse.

So, instead of making someone else’s day worse, I do my best take the opportunity to try to smile and bring out the sun a little.

By: Laura

Laura — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 19:35:21 +0000

Do to others as you would have others do to you. ~Luke 6:31

Words to live by. xoxox

By: Erin

Erin — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 17:58:03 +0000

Yea! I totally agree and will do my part.

By: Kim

Kim — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 16:53:38 +0000

Good advice. I’ve been making a conscious effort to be more tolerant, less judgemental, slower to anger and quicker to forgive. I find I am much happier when I just let things go instead of getting angry or resentful.

By: Beth

Beth — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 16:51:40 +0000

Then there’s the other side of the coin – so nice you tend to be the doormat. Gotta work on that.