Being polite and kind is really not that difficult, is it? I mean, it doesn't cost anything, absolutely nothing.But it's very valuable to the one who is on the receiving end.
To illustrate: For many years I lived in Rome, and I absolutely loved it! The only problem was public transport.Especially at rush-hour. It would take about one hour to get home from the centre, by bus. Now, you don't want to stand for one hour, so everybody did their best to get a seat.In those days, Roman buses had about 20 seats.But the capacity of a bus was 200! You can figure out for yourself how many people were fighting to get those seats.Now to my point about kindness and being polite.If you could have seen the not very old ladies (ladies?) pushing and shoving to get to those few seats! It really brought out the lower nature in people, I can assure you that.
Not many people were polite, saying- "After you, please!" Now this might be an extreme case. (and No, I never pushed to get a seat). Of course, when people are tired after having worked the whole day, it's easy to forget ones manners.
But what about other times? When the bus is not overcrowded, for example. Is it so hard to say PLEASE, THANK YOU, IF YOU WOULD LIKE, MAY I etc ? No, it's not hard, but it's a question of habit. We can consciously train ourselves to be polite.
You want a good reason why you should behave in this way? Don't worry, I'll give you five!
1. It makes for good relations with other people.
2. It reflects well on you, gives people a good impression of you.
3. It also reflects well on your parents, after all they were the ones teaching you!
4. It makes other people feel goOd.
5. It actually makes you feel good yourself.
So next time you feel like being impolite or rude, think about these reasons and change course. Let's wow to keep up the habit of being polite!
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