Think of yourself as a circle in the middle of your own life. Everyone else is a circle unto themselves, but each circle exists within a larger circle like family, work, church , city, country and world. The places at which any individuals circle voluntarily intersects with another is the moment of creativity, love and joy. This is the moment that many report they do not experience often enough. If your circle doesn't intersect then you are not actually of the world you are only in it. Within our own circle is safety, but personal growth can only happen at the point of intersection. Global change also happens when the circles overlap . We have all the problems of the world to resolve. History has taught us that civilizations that lasted the longest managed to do that by employing inclusion. We can effect the outcomes of our lives and our planet if we choose to let each other in and cooperate using all our talents and abilities with acceptance and tolerance.
The fast pace of out modern plugged in society has had many effects not the least of which is the erosin of common courtesy. The most alarming example of this is the answering of a cell phone when in the company of another person. I consider it very rude when I am at a social ocasion and I am conversing with someone whose cell phone rings and in mid sentence without loosing a beat they answer their cell phone and leave me hanging. When I was a salesfloor Associate trying to help customers on the floor or at a cash register I would experience this phenomena quite often. Picture this: a customer is at a cash register having their items rung through with a line of people behind them who are waiting to pay for their purchases. The customer at the register gets a call on their cell phone. They proceed to take it. All this customer's items are rung up and bagged. I am standing there ready to take their payment. The customer continues to talk on their cell phone and hold up everyone in th...
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