I HATE mean people

Okay, I have to rant for a few seconds!

Do you know what I HATE? MEAN PEOPLE! I am so sick and tired of people not giving others the same benefit of the doubt that they expect to be given them. I have decided that people being mean to others is an addiction. For whatever reason, some people have decided that they are superior over others. What is up with that?

At work today, two guys on my team were talking and laughing about this woman in our department. She is older and not married and they kept calling her "the cat lady". FIRST OF ALL, she doesn't even own cats, but that is neither here nor there. Then, they told me that not only did they talk about her behind her back (gossipmongering is another pet peeve of mine), but they would tease her to her face and had, in fact, made her cry! ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! When they told me that, I felt like I had been the one insulted, like a slap in the face. Where do people get off putting others down because they think it's "funny". PUHLEASE

Why spend all of your time making fun of other people? Believe me, it's not funny, and the only thing people think when you tell all those "funny stories" is, "Wow, I wonder what they say about me behind my back". Who cares if girls wear slutty clothes? Why not befriend them and show them what it's like to really have the self-worth to dress modestly? If a woman has not had the opportunity to be married, why tease her? Why not show her compassion and fulfill her life to help ease the loneliness? I promise you, crap-talkers, the world does not revolve around you, and everyone can tell that you talk trash about others to make up for your own short-comings.

Where is the compassion? What happened to "The Golden Rule"? When did people forget that their mothers told them "If you don't have anything nice to say, then don't say anything at all"? We are all God's children, and he loves us equally. I have decided that we don't get any points in heaven for liking people that are easy to like; we get blessings for loving those that are hard to love. That is my challenge to you today.

Instead of judging and talking about others, be curious. Ask yourself, "What is going on in that person's life that would make them react that way?". The next time someone cuts you off on the freeway, instead of tailgating them to show your disapproval, why not say, "I hope they are not in such a hurry because a loved one is in trouble...or in the hospital...or in labor". I promise you that love and service, above else, is key to having a happy and joyful life.

And to you crap-talkers...YES, I will give you the benefit of the doubt too, you just have to know that I will not tolerate the gossipmongering, but I will love you anyway.