Monday, November 30, 2009

On Second Thought





As annoyed as I often get with people, the thought never occured to me until today.  A man was in my way and without saying anything directly to him, in fact, without saying anything at all, it seemed blatantly obvious, to me anyway, that I was trying to get by this man.  How could you not notice?  I am not walking from side to side behind you because this is fun for me.  I am moving faster than you, and you need to let me walk by you.  Anyway, the thought never occured to me as I was contemplating removing the contents from my nose and launching them at him with the highest velocity which can be generated from the middle finger or even the index finger depending on ones own personal methods, that on second hand, maybe I shouldn't.  As much as I want to be as far away as possible from this cat, someone loves him with every fiber of their being.  This guy means the world to someone despite that fact that I want him to trip on his untied shoe.  It's funny how the mind works sometimes.  I finally got by the old guy and just gave him a half smile and went along with my day.  As it turns out, it's a lot easier being a nice guy than it is to get all fired up.  Perhaps I should try this more often.  No promises that it will work or that my new found attitude will last, but I will give it a try. 

6 comments:

  1. Isn't it odd that you're not in any particular hurry until you get behind someone going slower? What is that all about?

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  2. I know. I had to laugh at myself a bit. We (people) are pretty funny when it comes to these things.

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  3. Well good for you! Resisting the urge to do something...like throwing boogers (EWWW!!!) and to replace that with a smile. Well done!

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  4. He just wasn't thinking. Every once in a while if I'm really in a hurry, I'll say "Excuse me. May I go around, please?" I've never had anyone refuse.

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  5. I perfer the toe method when needing a good nose picking. G

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  6. when strolling in the mall, i of course always get caught behind the sl-ow-est people. i just want to ram their ankles with my stroller. but, normally i take the nice route and try to weave in and out of the traffic.

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