If you think you’ll never see the kids who used to bully you as a kid, then you’re dead wrong.
I just saw them a few weeks ago. Did my best to avoid them.
Sure they may have been polite, but my body remembers.
Then yesterday, I just met another participant I had, who had already attended one of my workshops, when she was still in her former company.
How then do we go about living in this small, small, world?
Be Nice
I, myself, have a problem with this bit of behavior, because I find myself to be a mean, and selfish person.
Because I realized that I turn mean and sour when my expectations are not being met, and when I’m burned out and want to be left alone.
So then, imagine my surprise when I had a participant, who was already my participant from a previous program.
I was shocked, partly because I was amazed at how small the world is, but mostly because I could not remember if I was being the mean guy I was then.
Thankfully, she had good memories, learned a lot, and still remembers a lot about what I taught before.
That served to remind me to take care in how we treat people. It’s a small world, and we’ll inevitably meet them again, or other people who close ties to those people.
Whatever we do has a ripple effect in the world. It never just stops with us.
What goes around, comes around
That whole little moment showed to me how true that what we do, is what we reap.
I haven’t been taking care of myself well lately, and so I’m typing this down with a cold and a fever.
Seems like the right thing to happen, and yet, why do we live in denial, about how other people should be punished and have less, while we whine and moan about our fair share?
It’s proven by research – that we have a hard time seeing our own deficiencies, and admitting our own faults.
Not only does it apply for our work, but most especially, for the relationships we have, and to all the people that we meet, and have an impact on.
Be kind.
How do you deal with living in a small, small world? Please share in the comments below!
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