manners

other day a kid said "i really like how you say please, and thank you. it's like you really mean it."

OMG

how to explain to this little one that i really do mean it? that this is the way i was raised? that i really wish not just kids, but all ppl remembered to use manners?

i try very hard to recognize good in each person. yeah ... everyone has rough spots so to speak ... those mannerisms that just irritate the schtuff out of u when ur having one of those moments ... but each person also brings to a situation abilities that u might not have, as well.

i can crochet a pretty cute bootie ... but make an exactly matching pair??? not to save my life.

i can look at an origami pattern and create something else ... but follow that pattern???? ummmmmmmmmmmm .....

i can do things at work like pick up some of the slack ... do things that seem to have been forgotten in the rush ... plan things, prep things ... but run things? been there, done that, survived it ... that said, fool me once shame on u ... fool me twice and doesn't that say something about me??? LOL

i don't know. manners. awesome manners. i just love people who have good manners and aren't afraid to use them.

... but i carry excedrin for those times when i have close encounters with the rest of the planet.