Pick Your Battles

To snap or not to snap? That is the question. We will oftentimes run into this scale of options and unwillingly more than once a day if someone other than ourselves is involved. Good thing we have CHOICES! Sure, you can tell your boss to get a life and stop giving you all that overtime so you can live yours on the weekend. Or, you can do your job and ball out when it's time to utilize those sick days. Trust me, everyone does it. Work smarter not harder.

Being a parent, you can default every situation to a similar lesson you taught your child. Or yourself, through teaching your child. But people are people alike, big or small, adults and children. We have been conditioned to put everyone in categories of how much respect is given. Even though a child should be respected as much as that company's CEO. With respect comes understanding. You won't be able to understand someone yelling other than the fact that they are clearly extremely upset. "Respect this person', would be the last thought you have at this point. Unless it is a child hollering at the top of their lungs for the orange one not the green one. In this case, by being the adult in the situation, you can put this fire out rather quickly without worries of it reigniting. Adult to adult situations deal mainly on emotions.

R-E-S-P-E-C-T

Back in younger days, you move your feet you lose your seat. Children don't speak, children stay in their bedrooms and don't ask any questions. Just do as you are told and we'll live happily ever after. However, times have much since changed. I certainly don't believe in holding up tradition that excludes others. Foundations are needed, more than ever. There is nothing wrong with letting lose RESPONSIBLY.

Just because it's your birthday doesn't mean you have permission to be a bitch for a day. No reason to talk down to the new person in the crew just because you stayed through what you personally wanted to. Don't put anyone else at fault for your success. YOU made the CHOICE.

UNDERSTANDING

Facebook causes 1/3 of marriages to end. Why could that be? I'm sure Mark isn't planning on becoming a marriage counselor. It's due to miscommunication. We all come from different upbringings. Such as the described above. Unfortunately, social studies had nothing to do with learning how to be sociable amongst a diverse society. If you are able to comprehend this post, you are enabled to have understanding which will lead to respect, and lastly onto picking your battles that will benefit you in the long run. No need in plotting or getting overly anxious and upset about something or someone.