So, as you all know from the previous post, Jarred is moving away, possibly forever, in a few short days. I am surprised by the way some of the people we mutually know are handling his relocation, namely, they aren’t acknowledging the fact that he’s leaving.
Now, I’m a reasonable person and I can understand this to a degree, Jarred hasn’t been “around” much in the past few years, and some people may feel slighted that he sent out a mass e-mail to a large group of people announcing the relocation because he didn’t get the chance to call everyone personally in such a short period of time, but is that a reason to not make sure you send someone off with the appropriate well wishes? (Remember, although I found out about this a couple weeks ago, I was told via a text message, not exactly the most personal method of communication, but I indeed survived.)
The whole thing makes me think.
What if we all walked around and treated people only the way they treated us? What a sad world we would live in if no one was willing to ever be the bigger person or rise above or make an extra effort. What if all anyone did was punish each other—I won’t call you because you didn’t call me—I won’t help you because you didn’t help me, and so on.
Or wait, do we not need to think about this too much because this is already exactly the very world we live in?
Come on, be the bigger person. Pick up the phone.
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Actually, that is pretty sad. People tend to forget to think about what the other person may be going through. Maybe Jared is completely stressed, running around trying to get his entire life in order in 2 weeks time, etc. Most people automatically judge and make it about themselves. Sad. It happens too often.
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