Through the week I focus on getting to work on time, doing my job
well, getting home to family to tend to them and to take care of my
home. I had some spare time today after a busy and stressful week
and decided to jot just a few words down. By the time I am done
writing I may read back and wonder what the purpose of sitting
down to express myself in the first place was. It just seems that
from day to day life for the average person is getting tougher and
tougher. We pay attention to our family, we pay attention to our
boss, we pay attention to what is going on in the world and it is
getting tougher some days to stay positive and stay focused on
caring. Yes, I said hard to stay focused on "caring". Some days
wouldn't it be easier to just not "give a damn" so to speak. For
example, you see the crowded parking lot and you spot a space you
would like to have and someone is there waiting patiently with their
signal on to pull in after the one that is occupying to pull out. Some
days don't you just want to be the one that whips in there after
someone patiently sat there, politely signaling that they intend to
take that spot once vacated? I have seen this happen many times
and have thought to myself, "How could that person do that?" How
could they just whip in there without a conscience knowingly and
blatantly just disregard the patient and polite person so easily?" I
don't think I could do that.
Some days I have been in the shopping center with several items in
my cart, again "waiting" for my turn when once in awhile someone
with just one or two items will walk up behind me in line and
something inside me tells me to tell them to let them go ahead. I
mean after all, their turn won't take as long as mine and I am
waiting anyways. What is just a few seconds longer? It is that part
of me that I am proud of. I like that characteristic that I have as a
person and it is one of many things I possess that makes me the
good person I am. Ahh, but some days, some days, I find it harder
to hold on to these good things because it is almost as if people
have become too busy, too stressed, or too just plain angry over
how hard life is sometimes to take the time to care. Perhaps that is
the reason I decided to jot this down today was to remind myself
to "slow down and care". Care about myself and care about others.
Life is really too tough a battle some days to just let the bad things
creep in and take us over so that we no longer let someone else go
first, or hold a door for an elderly person, or even just look at
someone who seems to look sad and make eye contact and when you
do, just go ahead and do it, smile at them. If you can't muster a
smile, just a grin. Because in the end, all we have is each other. And
at the end of the day when we lay our head down to rest, one little
deed you may have done that day just might creep into your weary
head, and today because I am feeling especially challenged with
being good, I will make sure I try to cheer someone in some way so
that when I get ready to rest at the end of another day, a good
thought will creep into my head and hopefully tomorrow I can begin
another day, feeling a little better than I did today. Take care
everyone and thanks for reading.
well, getting home to family to tend to them and to take care of my
home. I had some spare time today after a busy and stressful week
and decided to jot just a few words down. By the time I am done
writing I may read back and wonder what the purpose of sitting
down to express myself in the first place was. It just seems that
from day to day life for the average person is getting tougher and
tougher. We pay attention to our family, we pay attention to our
boss, we pay attention to what is going on in the world and it is
getting tougher some days to stay positive and stay focused on
caring. Yes, I said hard to stay focused on "caring". Some days
wouldn't it be easier to just not "give a damn" so to speak. For
example, you see the crowded parking lot and you spot a space you
would like to have and someone is there waiting patiently with their
signal on to pull in after the one that is occupying to pull out. Some
days don't you just want to be the one that whips in there after
someone patiently sat there, politely signaling that they intend to
take that spot once vacated? I have seen this happen many times
and have thought to myself, "How could that person do that?" How
could they just whip in there without a conscience knowingly and
blatantly just disregard the patient and polite person so easily?" I
don't think I could do that.
Some days I have been in the shopping center with several items in
my cart, again "waiting" for my turn when once in awhile someone
with just one or two items will walk up behind me in line and
something inside me tells me to tell them to let them go ahead. I
mean after all, their turn won't take as long as mine and I am
waiting anyways. What is just a few seconds longer? It is that part
of me that I am proud of. I like that characteristic that I have as a
person and it is one of many things I possess that makes me the
good person I am. Ahh, but some days, some days, I find it harder
to hold on to these good things because it is almost as if people
have become too busy, too stressed, or too just plain angry over
how hard life is sometimes to take the time to care. Perhaps that is
the reason I decided to jot this down today was to remind myself
to "slow down and care". Care about myself and care about others.
Life is really too tough a battle some days to just let the bad things
creep in and take us over so that we no longer let someone else go
first, or hold a door for an elderly person, or even just look at
someone who seems to look sad and make eye contact and when you
do, just go ahead and do it, smile at them. If you can't muster a
smile, just a grin. Because in the end, all we have is each other. And
at the end of the day when we lay our head down to rest, one little
deed you may have done that day just might creep into your weary
head, and today because I am feeling especially challenged with
being good, I will make sure I try to cheer someone in some way so
that when I get ready to rest at the end of another day, a good
thought will creep into my head and hopefully tomorrow I can begin
another day, feeling a little better than I did today. Take care
everyone and thanks for reading.
| Not a Saint but I truly Care By "Gracie" |
| Gracie's |
| Gripes, Griefs, and Gratitude |
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