Their is a saying “If you don’t have something nice to say, don’t say anything at all.” We all can’t be nice all of the time but that doesn’t mean you have to go out of your way to be mean. A mean gesture can really hurt someone’s feelings. It’s a heinous act to add insult to someone’s injury. They are hurt enough and the fact that people are meanest to people who are already hurting is heartbreaking. There is enough suffering without you digging your heel in their backs. For some it’s a power trip for others it’s an outlet for their own hurt. Whatever the case it’s not justified for anyone to hurt anyone else without merit.

In Buddhism, it is said we live in the Saha world or the world of suffering. We are all suffering here together, so why make other people suffering worse? There is another saying “Treat others how you would like to be treated.” That saying is deemed to be the golden rule. If you want people to be nice to you, you should be nice to other people. Some people wonder why I am always so happy. One reason is my kind heart. I tend to try to treat others with a cheerful and pleasant demeanor. Some people are still awful to me but I don’t let it get under my skin. I have developed what they call a thick skin to insults. Mean-spirited slurs of hate and malice really have little effect on me. It seems some people go out of their way to say the worst stuff to other people. These attempts to hurt another person’s feelings is really distasteful and shows how lowly the slander really is. When you sling an insult at someone it’s just plain mean. Why do it then? Does it make you feel good about yourself? Saying such awful things just to exploit someone else weakness is a display of your own inferiority.

Christians have as phrase “love thy neighbor.” We are all neighbors living in this community, this country, this world together. So why go out of your way to be a shit to everybody. Our attitudes are a choice and we decide on how we want to treat each other. So when you go around with the idea that you’re going to go around and be a big old meany to everybody you come across don’t wonder why people want to stay clear of you. You spend your entire life being awful to people, being judgmental, rude, and nasty all you like that doesn’t mean other people have to be the same way. People are going to keep living their happy little lives while all you’re going to be is mean.

I try to keep a happy-go-lucky attitude about life. Which pisses plenty of people off. How is it that my personal happiness angers other people so much? It’s because they are already angry people, to begin with. So while me and other happy people are going around smiling the munchers of the world just end up feeling munchie. So in the immortal words of Reynolds Wrap; “don’t get mad, Get glad”

Peace, Love, and Soul, Later😉