A short little rant and a challenge

Something bugged me all through my shift at work today.

The person I was sharing my workspace with kept sharing his opinion about everyone as they were walking through the door. They weren’t nice opinions; they were judgemental, rude, racist, and completely inappropriate. I told him every time that he shared his opinions what I think of not only his opinions, but also him for saying them. I stuck to my beliefs and stood up for the ones that he was hurting indirectly.

Life is too short to be so incredibly mean to others. We don’t know what they are going through and we should be sharing a smile or a “good day” to people. We shouldn’t express or even think of these things. I know it happens every now and then, but to become better people in life, it is very detrimental to do these things; it shows that we don’t care about anyone else besides ourselves.

My challenge to you dear readers and even to myself is to be kind; treat others how you would like to be treated, and if you are having a bad day instead of showing a frown, greet others with a smile, because their day could be worse than yours. Think outside of the box and be kind.

It really does go a long way, it doesn’t need to be anything big. Just a smile, holding the door for someone, or even saying, “thank you”.

All I ask of you is that you try your best.