Manners

I used to think it weird when a person called me ma'am or when I would hear someone say yes sir, and now when I hear those words I think of that parent that took the time to teach their child respect, and I smile that somewhere there is still someone who believes in decency and respect.

I thought it odd when a man opened a door or pulled out a chair, and said I could do that for myself. It had nothing to do with me doing it for myself but had everything to do with it made me uncomfortable because I did not know how to receive such kindness.

They call it old fashioned ideas or old fashioned ways but the only reason that you call them old is because we let them fall by the way side like so many other things. Shouldn't these things be still taught today?

I remember a time when if you moved into a neighborhood that your neighbors brought you a pie to welcome you, on Sundays everyone got together and ate and the kids played in the street? How do you think society would be today if we still instilled these values in our lives, in our children? How much crime do you think there would be? How many runaways? How many kids addicted to drugs?

We have fallen by the wayside, forgotten that we are not just trying to push our way through this life but we have a world that we are leaving to our children to our grand children. how do we want to leave it?

We used to  love our neighbor, take care of them when they were sick, mow their yard if they were old.  Do you even know your neighbors name?

Life might not be "Leave it to Beaver" but we used to have values what has happened to them, have we dropped the ball somewhere? When did we stop calling our friends Mom Mrs so and so? When did our teachers lose the title of Sir?

So you see when I get those moments where someone calls me ma'me I am not offended I am delighted because I know someone somewhere took the time, someone somewhere still believes in old fashioned values...