People Should Act "Nice" as My Mama Used to Say

When I was a young man, I charged into every event.  I did things without thinking.  I would go headlong into an event, problem or anything else for that matter with a reckless abandon that somestimes proved successful, sometimes proved memorable and other times was just down right disasterous.  The older I get, the more I think about my actions.  This is only natural.  Through life we see how our actions effect others and we adjust our actions to create the reactions we most like to see.  So, the older I get, the more I think before I speak or act.  I know that what I do will cause some sort of a reaction somewhere in my life.  Like the butterfly flapping its wings on the othe side of the ocean and that breeze can snowballs into a full blown hurricane, what I say in a whisper can easily end up in a hurt feeling, a bruised ego or worse a life that will never stop feeling the hurt of a moment without forethought.

...interesting that this was waiting on me when I went to get in my Jeep this morning.  It is a harmless garter snake but, a snake none the less.

While I think about this, I wonder how many people think that if you are discourteous you will get more done than if you are just nice, kind and courteous? I had an encounter with someone whom I have know for years.  I even did work with her father in a former business I was in but for some reason when she has a problem she seems to feel that by acting bitter and abruptly to others she will get more accomplished.  Well that may work some places in the world but this is not one of them.  The south still rewards those who are kind to others.  Is this Karma or is it just the natural result of action / reaction.  For every action there is an opposite and equal reaction.  Karma?  Who knows.  Nature working through life? Absolutely! 

Benjamin Franklin once said "a word spoke is an arrow let fly."  Once we let a word fly from our mouth it cannot be unspoken nor taken back.  A thousand apologies can explain our sorrow for having spoken it but cannot unspeak it or make it become forgotten.

Until next time...John

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