Consideration! Consideration for other people! What I want to know about consideration is when did we lose it? When did our society lose consideration for other people?
Last night, I was driving to my Father In Law's birthday party. A girl, maybe in her mid 20s, was riding her bike leisurely across the street. No problem, except that people were waiting for her to cross so that they could make a right hand turn. Did she speed up her pace to get across the street quicker and get out of their way? NO!
I see this kind of inconsideration all the time! When I am taking my son to school, I see it in the kids. Parents are trying to turn into the school, but the crossing guard is holding them up so the kids can safely cross the street. This is wonderful! We have put the crossing guard in place to keep our kids safe. How considerate! Are the kids considerate and pick up their pace to get across the street quickly? NO! Do they care that the crossing guard is standing there holding up the sign while they take their time to leisurely cross the street? NO! Do they care that there is a long line of cars waiting on them to cross the street? NO! 9 times out of 10, the kids will not increase their pace at all and sometimes, I swear, they even slow down!
I was not raised this way! I know my friends were not raised this way! We were raised to be considerate of other people! So, is it the generation after me? I just hope it doesn't continue! Consideration for other people is one of the things society can't afford to lose!
Each generation is different from it's predecessor. Ideas, manners etc change and return. There will come a time again where consideration of others is important.
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Turn away from the predictable, cliché, and reliable. Brave the void where the darkness is greatest. Trust the quiet, find the stillness, feel the calm. Then steadily think, speak, and move as if you were led. Behave as if your vision were clear. Anticipate the emotional rush that will come with your triumph. And as if by magic, as you raise your pen to write, you'll find the words have already been summoned, flooded in light that was there all along, in a world that has just as anxiously anticipated your arrival.
So true!! :)
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