Well, I have almost survived another week! I got through the Thanksgiving dinner and we took down all of our fall stuff and I have STARTED to put up our Christmas decorations at school. We have a fall scene that we put up on the wall and some cut outs we put up and of course the big challenge, the Christmas lights that we cover the ceiling with! I actually have 2 strands hung! lol...
Now I am shifting gears..... Tonight I find myself asking Why??? Why is it that we say things constantly to make those around us feel inferior? This is something that has really started to bother me!!! How much time do we spend treating each other like we are sooo stupid? How many times a day do we hear DUH? If we don't hear those words then how many times are they implied? Sometimes it is with the tone we use..... Sometimes it is out of frustration because we cannot communicate (but why does that make the other person stupid?). This evening I find myself on both ends.... I admit it, I can be a big ditz, but I AM NOT STUPID! I have recently decided to make it a conscious effort to be more aware of how I talk to people. Just because people do not see things the way I see them, does not make that person stupid. I do not like to make people feel inferior and I do not like it when people do that to me.... I guess I just think if we spent more time uplifting each other and encouraging each other we would be alot happier! I knew a woman once who was very smart, loving and caring. She was NOT stupid.... She also only finished the 8th grade, yet she traveled from Texas to Oklahoma in a covered wagon, take care of her brothers and sisters, managed to raise her 3 children, make it through the loss of her first daughter, she finished raising her 2nd husbands 2 children, adopted a child, after the loss of her sister raised her sister's child, and took care of 14 foster children within a two year period. She paid all of her bills on time, took care of all the finances and budgeting for her family,even though the family was on a tight budget she still found a way for them to take a yearly family vacation..... Although some people might view her in a different light. She never had a "Higher" education, she had a southern accent and mispronounced words, she would argue that the world is a square. (because the Bible states that angels stand on the 4 corners of the earth) :)
So I guess in conclusion....... "STUPID" is in the eye of the beholder! I choose to be a little less judgemental in this department and I think life will be alot less stressful!
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Amen, girlfriend!!!! I couldn't have said it better!!! :) I,also, try and encourage others and I try to never, ever judge! I don't want to be judged - so, I shouldn't judge them (it works both ways). And you could really make someone's day by a simple smile or meaningful hello! There was a rude gal at my kid's school today. I tried to overlook it and focus on the positive, but judgment and negativity is hard not to notice - just like warmth and acceptance and kindness would also be hard not to notice, either - and it is so simple to do! Smile! You never know who it will touch!!!! :))
If some people would stop and realize that by demeaning others, they are really demeaning themselves. There are many people in this world that use this form of relating to others b/c they "think" it makes them seem smarter or better, but, in the long run, shows the opposite. Unfortunately, sometimes we say b/f we think. That's why if I don't have anything good to say, I try not to say anything at all! Notice I said try!! lol
Wow-what a powerful insight, Carleta! Way to go on starting the Christmas decorating! We will be putting up our TREES at home...yes, plural-2 tress- and decorations the days after Thanksgiving. Wish us luck!
right on sister. you was talking to me. i had a habit saying don't be stupid all the time till my one son developed has a stupid complex. i am qick to blurt things out. i have to watch and remember everyone does not need my opinion.
it was a habit like oh baloney.
you get the meaning. well i will quit rambling and yes heather i know who you are. (carleta told me.) blog on
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