Quote: When someone shows you who they are, believe
them the first time. – Maya Angelou
Perspective: When I first heard this quote over a decade
ago, I thought about my romantic relationships.
Recently, I’ve been expanding it to include familial and casual
relationships. It can be telling why
someone has a particular demeanor!
I had an interesting "adventure" on a subway ride
from Brooklyn to my home. Travel time is
normally 1 hour 10 minutes.
Unfortunately, there was a broken rail at the penultimate train station
and all passengers had to disembark. In
NYC when you’re train is delayed, you can get a block pass (a piece of paper)
from the token booth clerk to travel via an alternate route. The passes and subsequent ride is free. The token booth clerk refused to give us a
block pass. She said we didn’t need a
pass. A yelling match ensued with the
token booth clerk and the 20 riders. I
was thinking, why is she being so rude?
What’s the big deal? It’s 11
o’clock at night -- give us the freakin’ passes and let us go home!
Finally a supervisor heard the
commotion and came by. The supervisor told
the clerk to go on break immediately. The
supervisor volunteered to distribute the block passes to us. As the clerk left the booth, I took a good
look at her. I recognized her!!! We went to the same junior high
school!!! I remember her being a
bully. She was friends with a crowd of
other bullies. I was one grade ahead of
her; she never bullied me. But I always
remembered her and her crowd. You never
forget a bully or that attitude.
At any point I can change my
demeanor, my character, my disposition.
I have to want to change then take the action to do it. Otherwise, I am the unchanged from age 10 to
age 17 to age 45 to age 70+.
Call to Action: Start singing/read OUT LOUD the lyrics to RESPECT by
Aretha Franklin. What is your definition
now?
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