Tuesday, July 15, 2008

A Little Drama

Hey, I have something to get off my chest today, people who talk down to you. Don't you find it completely rude and disrespectful for someone to speak to you with no respect of whatsoever? I mean literally insulting you to your face. Well I do have a problem with that. But I also have a problem with addressing the issue. I was addressing someone and apparently I took too long (okay for those of you who know me -- honestly I was only talking for about 2 minutes) to make my point and they clapped their hands at me like I was fido the circus pup and said "bottom line". What in the world! I realize because you don't know the person, you can't really appreciate what I'm getting at, nonetheless, you certainly have experienced the issue. I was pretty ticked off and you know what I did. Nothing! I slightly acknowledged her and kept right on going. My question is why do we allow it? Is it really because we just don't care? Obviously not for me or I wouldn't be writing this in my blog. I chose not to say anything because it was not worth the drama that will come out behind it. I agree you must speak up for yourself or people will walk all over you, but you have to figure out which issue is necessary to battle. The best question to ask is this going to affect/hurt me longterm or is this an isolated issue and no real harm has been done to me? In the end, no real harm was done to me but I let it bother me too much. I don't know, how do you deal with it (hint: please comment on my blog). However, I refuse not to leave each blog without a positive message. I think each of us should live a full day today. You don't have tomorrow because it is not here yet and you don't know what tomorrow holds for you. But you have been given today and really today is all you have. With that being said, acknowledge Jesus, tell your family you love them, do something nice for yourself and something nicer for someone else and don't waste today.

2 comments:

Darcel said...

I think you said it in a "NUTSHELL." Sometimes, we have to pick our battles. The mere fact that you continued to speak should have let this person know that he/she was being rude. In most cases, I have learned that when something like this happens, the person that is being rude knows that they were wrong; however, because they don't know how to apologize WON'T. Continue to be YOU and pray for this person. God will show this person exactly what they did on an instant replay, when it's done to them. Ain't God GOOOOOOOOD!

Lena said...

Well Kim, you handled that great.

Before christ I would have went off (for those of you who know me know, I would have went slam off) but now honestly, depending on what mood I was in.
I would have addressed it christ like or not addressed it at all walked away and prayed for the person and myself. (not to go off that is)

God has a way of turning the situation around the same person who hurt us, is the same person that will need you to minister to them.

The battle is not ours to fight, it's the Lord's.

That's how GREAT he is!!!!