Will B. Manners Count
Sometimes I think I was born in the wrong era. I take manners and common courtesy very seriously. I believe in some ways showing good manners and common courtesy should be a prerequisite before graduating out of elementary school.
Living in Olney there is a great deal more manners and courtesy shown then most anywhere I have lived. It might be a point of great pride for someone who grew up in a small community. It might just be that its harder to be rude to someone you know you will see on a daily basis. Maybe it could be that everyone’s momma in a small community can tan your hide or wash your mouth out just as if you’re their own kin. I am thinking it’s a combination of all these things and more.
3 things can change a person’s day faster than any other thing that might happen to them in a day. Manners, a little common courtesy and a friendly smile. I am willing to bet that just one of these would change a person’s day for the better.
Just like a virus spreads quickly from one person to another so do these 3 things I am speaking of. Be someone’s positive in a negative day. Be their umbrella on a rainy day. Be their cool drink of water on a 100-degree day.
These things are free. Won’t cost you a dime and it will catch like a wild fire. Just a spark at first but by the end of a day the whole wheat field will go up. So, will that one act of kindness spread like that spark. You might not see it but it will happen. I know this because I have had a bad day and one act of kindness, one genuine smile and just a little common courtesy on one of my bad days have turned my entire day around. After my day was turned around, I found myself passing on that genuine smile, random act of kindness or showed some common courtesy. So, I know it works even if I have not seen its full potential or how far its reach has gone in a day. I know this because it worked for me and I will surely work for others.
The same could be said about being positive. Have you ever noticed on social media when one person goes negative on something it starts a trend of negativity on that thread? You may think it has reach past putting the phone down when your down but that negativity stays with you and transfers to others around you. I invite you to be the positive in a negative situation. Even on Facebook. Nothing I mean nothing shuts down negativity even a negative post on social media then a one or two or even a group of people being positive to someone’s negativity. I have seen it time and again. The same goes to people jumping on the bandwagon of being negative. I am not saying its not healthy to vent a little. I would just say do at the right time and in the right way. Don’t get carried away and don’t make it to personal. Get your frustration out then look for the positive and move on.
This is Will B. saying be someone’s sunshine on a rainy day