Downtime | Defeated
One of those moments just happened. Someone parked right in front of my gate so I had to park a little bit further and walk back to the house.
One of my neighbours just got back from their holiday & are receiving guests at the house- one particular visitor took the liberty to block my entrance to the porch.
Very upsetting, although in the bigger scheme of things this is a really minor issue compared to global warming or nuclear warheads or whether Jerusalem is the capital of Israel or Palestine. So I decided not to do anything about it, although initially I had wanted to honk repeatedly until the person moves the car.. or go inside the house all puffed and irritated to ask the person to move the car chop chop.. but in the end I did nothing.. well I kinda banged the gate a little when I closed it- nobody heard because they were too busy in chatter and laughter to bother. OH WELL, MOVE ON.
What will I do about it? I will teach my own children about manners. About being sensitive and respectful to other people's space and needs. About being part of the solution, not part of the problem. About how certain other people can make mistakes or the wrong judgement or irritate others (but feel completely aloof and blameless about it all) AND we should not be that sort of person to inflict pain or trouble on others (as much as we possibly could).
How do you become the nice person when people are un-nice to you?
Another friend just shared that she received personal texts from her current husband's ex-wife, containing accusatory statements all negative and angry... and her choice (smart woman that she is) was to not respond to something (or rather, someone) beneath her.
Well I hope I will feel better soon, because I hate feeling like this. I love people and I do try to see the good in everybody. I do want to understand their happiness or haste or their reasons for doing something. However, basic common sense (that most people do not have) dictates that you do not park at entrances to people's houses or block the passage of others just because it is convenient for you (and to hell with others). It is bad behaviour and not a good lesson to pass on to our children.
One of my neighbours just got back from their holiday & are receiving guests at the house- one particular visitor took the liberty to block my entrance to the porch.
Very upsetting, although in the bigger scheme of things this is a really minor issue compared to global warming or nuclear warheads or whether Jerusalem is the capital of Israel or Palestine. So I decided not to do anything about it, although initially I had wanted to honk repeatedly until the person moves the car.. or go inside the house all puffed and irritated to ask the person to move the car chop chop.. but in the end I did nothing.. well I kinda banged the gate a little when I closed it- nobody heard because they were too busy in chatter and laughter to bother. OH WELL, MOVE ON.
What will I do about it? I will teach my own children about manners. About being sensitive and respectful to other people's space and needs. About being part of the solution, not part of the problem. About how certain other people can make mistakes or the wrong judgement or irritate others (but feel completely aloof and blameless about it all) AND we should not be that sort of person to inflict pain or trouble on others (as much as we possibly could).
How do you become the nice person when people are un-nice to you?
Another friend just shared that she received personal texts from her current husband's ex-wife, containing accusatory statements all negative and angry... and her choice (smart woman that she is) was to not respond to something (or rather, someone) beneath her.
Well I hope I will feel better soon, because I hate feeling like this. I love people and I do try to see the good in everybody. I do want to understand their happiness or haste or their reasons for doing something. However, basic common sense (that most people do not have) dictates that you do not park at entrances to people's houses or block the passage of others just because it is convenient for you (and to hell with others). It is bad behaviour and not a good lesson to pass on to our children.
posted by elya at 11:11 pm
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