July Word of the Month

“The more one does and sees and feels, the more one is able to do, and the more genuine may be one's appreciation of fundamental things like home, and love, and understanding companionship.”

Amelia Earhart

July Word of the Month

DISRESPECTFUL

adjective

showing a lack of respect or courtesy; impolite.

I am pretty sure that if I were to look back at the archives , I would find that at some point I had chosen the word RESPECT as my word Word of the Month.

While these 2 words, RESPECT and DISRESPECTFUL are from the same root, the impact and influence that they have are completely different.

As I drove my bus today, I once again found myself getting agitated.

There are many ingredients contributing to my discomfort.

Physically I'm not feeling all that great.

This getting older stuff stinks!

I am feeling the effects of having lost a significant part of my income earlier this year.

Not insurmountable, just stressful.

I am also still fairly annoyed at my encounter at AT&T last night.

So I have to ask myself why?

Is it really about some a$$#ole at the cellular store or is it something bigger than that?

It's about July's Word of the Month...DISRESPECTFUL.

I am tired of being treated in a DISRESPECTFUL manner.

I know I grew up in a different time , with a different set of norms,values behaviors and lifestyles.

These things that are a part of who I am may not play well with certain parts of today's cultural and social scene.

It may not be the vast majority who I differ with, however, they are vocal and unaccepting of who I am,what I believe and how choose to live my life. That is their prerogative.

I may not agree with ,understand or believe in the choices that make.

The difference is that I was always taught to be accepting.

"To each his own."

"Live and let live".

In today's world, that no longer seems to apply.

Unless I succumb to, accept and participate in life as others do, I am chastised,bullied, isolated and silenced.

It is DISRESPECTFUL.

And I don't appreciate being treated this way.

Graciousness and courtesy have completely gone away.

The sad part is, I believe the new normal which I am being forced to not just accept but stand up for and support is probably being forced upon me, and others by a fringe group, not the largest part of society.

I am fairly certain that more people than not, just want to be allowed to lead their lives with some modicum of dignity, respect, thoughtfulness and decency.

Sadly, unless I turn my back on who I am and what I believe and live my life embracing values that just don't resonate with me, I am treated as some sort of pariah.

It's sad.

It's hurtful.

And most of all, it's DISRESPECTFUL.