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Everyday actions make a difference, treat people around you right

Everyday actions make a difference. Say thank you a lot and use kind words often.


by Glenn Mollette, Guest Commentator

Glenn Mollette
America’s continued national success is dependent on all of us-the American people. Our American people are what makes America a great nation. We have a beautiful land. We have plenty of natural resources and we have a great heritage but it’s our everyday actions that make America great.

Everyday actions make a difference. For example, don’t randomly beep your car horn at people. You never know what someone is dealing with in front of you. Possibly, they are not in as big a hurry as you. Maybe they are trying to obey the speed limit. Maybe they are elderly and they have slowed down a bit in life. Riding their bumper and beeping your horn never makes the situation better. You will not advance yourself any faster plus you will only frustrate the driver in front of you and yourself. Lay back, relax and wait for an opportunity to safely pass the car.

Don’t fight with people at the restaurant buffet. Buffets typically have more than enough. I seldom have seen a skinny person filling his or her plate at the buffet. There is no need to rush in front of people to get a spoonful of mashed potatoes. Bide your time, be patient in line and your opportunity to select your chicken or ribs will come. I found myself in a buffet line on a cruise ship not long ago. I began to think that David surely wrote Psalm 23 while navigating a cruise ship’s dessert section.

Treat people the way you like be treated.
Open the door for people but stand and wait for someone to open one for you. Be the one who opens the door and encourage the person close by to go ahead of you. Pushing ahead of someone often prompts them to push forward and there is nothing gained by everyone trying to push forward ahead of the other, except ill will.

Say thank you a lot and use kind words often. We all have the ability to complain and sometimes we have to complain or nothing gets done. When there is a big pot hole in your road then kindly ask the highway department to fix it. Try kindness, speaking respectfully and writing kind letters. Be very nice. You can always get ticked off and angry if there is no other alternative. However, usually there is higher road that we can take and in the end we will feel better if a positive result was met without having to act crazy.

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. This is a good Bible rule that works well in all aspects of life. Treat people the way you like be treated. If we, the American people, will do so, our country will run more smoothly, peacefully and happily.


About the author ~

Glen Mollett is the author of 13 books including Uncommom Sense, the Spiritual Chocolate series, Grandpa's Store, Minister's Guidebook insights from a fellow minister. His column is published weekly in over 600 publications in all 50 states.


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