Have
you ever noticed that the poor attack the poor because they see what they don’t
like in others in themselves and apparently can see no way out of what they
don’t like.
The
rich belittle the rich because others have more or less than themselves and
they live under the illusion that success, security and safety is having more
and riches make you a better person.
Religions
contend with other beliefs saying their way is the only way to worship the one
God of All That Is. Belief has always had an arrogant component.
The
old besmirch the young because that’s not the way they did it or lived and they
can’t remember their own youthful enthusiasm for the zest of life.
The
Young disrespect the elderly because they see their own passage in the old and
cannot accept vulnerability and decay.
Race
diminishes race because few understand that the sacredness of culture, traditions
and family is the same for all.
Perhaps
it is just remembering what civility is and then practicing it because it is
the right thing to do. It makes you feel good plus you get it back a hundred
fold.
I
know civility existed once, at least when I was a child. I was taught manners
and respect and admonished when I didn’t embrace them.
Our
neighbors were called Mr. and Mrs. You didn’t sass an adult, teachers had the
authority of parents, you wrote a thank you note for a gift or a kindness, you
dressed up for travel and church and you
dressed down to play, you earned the money you needed; you didn’t take it from
someone else and you said thank you and no thank you when you were offered
something.
Not
a bad way to live.
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