A Beef

I have many things that bug me, but my biggest beef is people. Some people just get under my skin, and it's mostly because of their choices. Sure, they may feel that they are justified in their decisions, but I beg to differ.

Some people may have decided to sit at a green light instead of going. Some people choose to yell at cashiers because they have had a bad day. Some people have decided to never forgive.

I don't have a specific "beef" today. I just wanted to complain about people in general. I'm pregnant...I'm allowed to complain!

When you wake up in the mornings, please keep in mind that there are other people in the world. They have feelings. They have emotions. Your actions toward them have influence over their lives whether you think so or not.

The person at the green light could be talking on the phone with his wife, and has just found out that he has a new niece.

The customer that yells at the cashier may not realize that the cashier has been yelled at 17 times already that day, her sister just died a week ago, and she has to work to help support her family.

The person that doesn't forgive. I have never understood how someone could go through life without forgiving. The burden that they must bear. The hatred they hold in their hearts. How unhappy they must be.

I make every attempt to not beep at the guy sitting at the green light even though I can be impatient.

I couldn't possibly bring myself to yell at the cashier because I've been a cashier that has been yelled at, and even if I didn't just lose a close family member, that is no way to treat another human being.

Where would we be if we weren't forgiven? I've been forgiven for many things that I probably don't deserve to be forgiven for. That's what God does. I am expected to forgive others for their mistakes. Even though this can be extremely difficult, I am big enough to realize that I can't truly be forgiven if I can't forgive others.

I have forgiven the people that have wronged me; the guy who yelled at me when I was a cashier, the person that impatiently beeped their horn at me, and all of the others.

Get over it, people. It's not what life it truly about, is it?

Hopefully, someone out there in "Internet Land" Googles me for whatever reason, and just happens upon this message. Hopefully, it can help someone to forgive and move on.