if you don't have anything nice to say

i work in retail and have at least 100 conversations a day with total strangers.
when i go home, i am exhausted.

people can be really thoughtless.
i try to remember that we
all have our stuff.
everyone has something going on
in their head,
in their heart…
it is hard sometimes to take deep breaths
and let it go.

i ran the charm city turkey trot today.
while running, i chatted about this with my friend, john.
he told me his outlook on people who frustrate him.

whether you believe in god, or buddha, or all the good-energy in the world, this applies:
those people? they are the stewards of god. they are put here to test us. test our patience and to remind us that we need to care about and be good to one another.

i like that.
i am going to work very hard to remember that.

happy thanksgiving.



#naphopomo day 28.