One thing that I have just never understood is why some people feel the need to have such an attitude in life. It is a concept that I struggle with on a daily basis. I know I am not perfect, and can occasionally loose my cool, but let me ask this question... What purpose does it serve? Do you feel better about yourself by treating others poorly? If so then you have some serious soul searching to do my friend.
I saw this post last night on a popular facebook page that I quite enjoy.
"So
sometimes we receive not so nice emails. It comes with the 'job' of
posting here. We feel sad for people who cannot start a dialogue with a
kind tone. No matter what the issue is talk to us, but don't lecture us.
If you speak to us nicely we be will nice and accommodate you. But if
you throw a tantrum we will put you in your place and promptly walk
away. Time is too precious to get caught with other people's drama. — Positive Outlooks Team"
First of all, how in the world is there anything negative to email to a facebook page that is called Positive Outlooks? The whole concept of this page is to inspire people with positive thoughts... Also it is a fan page that you CHOOSE to "like." If you aren't happy with what they are posting, why wouldn't you just click to un-like it?
Either way, when I read this I thought, HELL YEAH! Sometimes I wish I could be so blunt about this in my daily life. I just had a visit from a volunteer in my office. Someone who I have enjoyed over the years and who has committed a great deal of time and energy to what we do here. For whatever reason lately, she just cannot seem to pull herself out of the "swamp" of life. I guess she probably has always been there, but my patience for it has begun to wear down of late. Her last two visits I have spent a great deal of time trying to inspire her with our cause and inform her of the special quality that is our program. All things that I truly believe... so you'd think it would be somewhat impactful, but in the end I end up getting no where. In fact, my inability to climb into the swamp with her I think is making her more and more frustrated with me too.
This is a regular occurrence for everyone I think. There are people around us who are just in the swamp, and people who are not. If you think about it, you can probably pin point a few people right off the bat. I know I can. The person who doesn't have the maturity to just talk to you if their feelings are hurt, or chooses to ignore you or intentionally exclude you because you don't see eye to eye. Grow up people. There is more to life than just YOUR feelings.
Also, I love how they said "Time is too precious to get caught up in other people's drama." This is so true too. If you look at the world around us, there are thousands of people (millions even) who have things far worse off than we do and still manage to attack life with their positivity. Are our problems really that bad that we can't look beyond to the larger purpose?
My
challenge to you today is to fight the urge to swim in the swamp. Even
if all the "cool kids" are doing it! Be the bigger/better person, slap
a smile on your face and keep moving forward. I promise you, it will bring you much farther in life than the alternative.
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