The Golden Rule

No, not "I'm lovin' in", that's the Golden Arches, I'm referring to "treat others as you would like to be treated." For some people this may be filed away in their memory somewhere between having their mouth washed out with soap and being forced eating cold lima beans at the dinner table, but as much as I hate to admit it, mom was right. Don't get me wrong, everyone deserves a swift kick to the babymaker every once in a while, but even then, what does it accomplish? Reproducive damage for the recipient, and a soiled (if not infected) pair of perfectly good shoes for you. Neither worthwhile accomplishments. I advocate "Be the bigger person", "Kill 'em with kindness" and my personal favorite "Don't Worry, Be Happy". Yes I realize it's corny, and yes I know it's from the 80's Bobby McFerrin hit, but I like it. And here's why. Have you ever tried to have a fight with someone who's in a really good mood? Infuriating! If you are happy and agreeable and nice the majority of the time, you win by default. To the people you want to be nice to...enough said. And to the people you don't want to be nice to, the very action of being nice will piss them off even more, and thus accomplishing your original goal. Being the naive optimist that I am, I would like to think that by following the Golden Rule, the people around you will magically adopt it, but come on people, I said naive, not stupid. It would be nice to get what you give, but that is not the point here, the point is you shouldn't do things or act a certain way for other people. You should do and act for yourself. So if someone tells you "you have a phat place" say "thank you". And if someone tells you "you have a fat face" say "thank you". It's only a put down if you let it be. And in reality, people who follow the golden rule are generally giving people and are lucky if they get a tenth of what they give, back. It's ok, they're use to it, they've developed coping mechanisms, like blogging :)

Ok, I'll get off the uppers, this one's even a little sappy for me. Bottom Line...Don't be a Douche Bag, k? thx. Now who wants some McNuggets?