Pain is to have us realize the urgency of the moment. Smiling is to have us realize it can ease our pain. Sadness is to have us realize what caring means. Crying is to have us realize how good it is to laugh. Heartbreak is to have us realize the need for love. Listening is to have us realize somebody cares. Kindness is to have us realize there is no other greater choice.
Yes Sir, yes mam, thank you, excuse me please, good morning, good afternoon, good evening, good night, have a wonderful day, I’ll get that door for you be blessed; take care.
“Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it (Proverbs 22:6 King James Version, KJV).
I have never heard that good manners cause problems. Good training bears a happy life, making aging kinder. Train them to hate and they will hate and be hated and may even kill and perhaps even kill their trainer. Bad training reaps a bad end for a decrepit old hate-filled cratered face. The next time the occasion is available, take a good look at the hateful one and the sweet one after they get old. The fountain of youth may not be any further than a good heart and a pleasant smile. Smile!
Spite and malice comes from a mean spirit; vehement dislike or antipathy comes from a hateful spirit. A good person simplifies one’s expectations: nice, nice, and nice any time of day or night. But one never knows what to expect from a hateful person. Their vehement character can erupt like a volcano spewing malice any time any hour. Pity!
Tell me who would want their little child to have to worry about something happening to them because of someone else’s hatefulness. As well, who wants their senior gramps or granny to have to worry about hatefulness? She or he has borne all their crosses over the years, meeting challenges youth can’t even imagine and just when they should be experiencing latter days of comfort and peace…