Where in the world am I today?: Seattle, WA, USA
“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.”
–Plato, Greek author & philosopher in Athens (427 BC – 347 BC)
Addendum…
“I prefer the interactions I enjoy through kindness to the alternatives.”
–David ‘checkerhead’ Aiken
Matt Baker and I were shopping for groceries today and because we’re both comedic base entertainers we have a certain joviality and goofiness even in very mundane situations… So we’re in the grocery store looking for a bottle of wine and some food for dinner and the woman in the wine sections comes over all aloof and has this snarky attitude towards us… We’re checking out what bottle to buy based on the labels, which I admit isn’t necessarily the smartest way to do things, but the store clerk at this very chi chi grocery store sort of looks down her nose and goes…
“I prefer to make my selection based on the quality of the wine not the colours on the label”
Matt was like – What’s up with that? But I moved us around the corner to the cheese counter and once again approached the clerk with a light heart and a sense of humour and she was sucked into the joy of interacting with these two whack-os… Fun! And a much more friendly interaction that we’d just had. The cheese was good too!
I’m well aware that my goofy enthusiasm towards life and how I do things either rings true with people or can be incredibly irritating, but I am who I am and this approach has given me much success in my life. For those who don’t ‘get it’ or are annoyed… Well… Perhaps they’re fighting a much harder battle than I am and the kindest thing I can do it so walk away and not contribute to their angst.
