I Called in Sick Today

I read a meme the other day. It said, “I called in sick today. I was sick of other people.” It got me thinking.

When did our annoyance with others become the norm?

Look, people are weird. We are messy and hard to get along with most of the time. But, when did we start disliking each other so much?

The same day I saw the meme, I noticed how people interacted at Costco. Now, look. I, too, get frustrated with the Costco free sample stampede. But, not to the point where it instills anger. As I walked to my car, I noticed people being unfriendly in the parking lot and buggies left out even though the cart return was inches away. I wondered when we stopped taking care of each other.

It made me sad.

In a perfect world, y’all we would follow the rules. We would be nice even when we didn’t want to. We’d let him go first. We’d let her have the parking lot. And, we’d put someone else’s buggy back just because it was the right thing to do.

When it comes to people and how to deal, I look to Jesus. I’m going to be honest here. Sometimes, Jesus’ reaction to annoying people makes me roll my eyes. I mean, You are the Son of God. These people are wrongly accusing You. You could have easily done something spiteful to humiliate them. But, no. You do the opposite. You don’t engage.

Jesus doesn’t engage.

Some of us need to stop engaging. We need to release those people from our grip of annoyance and free ourselves from the trappings of frustration. Because honestly, our irritation only inconveniences us not them.

Today, when that person drives you crazy. When you find yourself rolling your eyes instead of flashing a smile, what can you do release kindness instead of frustration into the world?

I wonder what our world would be like if we released kindness instead of frustration towards each other?

Be the change. It doesn’t take much to smile at someone. You never know. That smile could be the change that (annoying) person needed.

Love & Blessings,

Meg