Thursday 14 January 2016

SOCIAL RULES: GUIDING YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHER PEOPLE.

Everyday we come into contact with real live human beings, at work, commuting in shops, out and about. People we might have met before or often complete strangers. The world is full  of people with whom we interact. So what follows are a few social rules. These aren't set in stone, they aren't a revelation but a reminder.

We have to treat everyone with respect, we have to care about people around us or the whole things will fall apart. We have to help each other no matter who they are because if we don't, there won't be anyone to help us when we need it. We have to be  first to pour our hand out. WHY? Because we are the rule player.

1. WE'RE ALL CLOSER THAN YOU THINK: "THe difference between us is so very little when we wipe away the veneer we all wear".

Yes, we may wear different clothes and speak different languages and have different customs but we all fall in love, we all want someone to hold and hug, to have a family, to be successful, not to be afraid of the dark, to live a long time, to be attractive, not to get sick and to have to die a good death. What does it matter if we wear a suit, a sari or a grass skirt, a gold chain, we ride a Bugatti or a Ferrari, if we deep down we all cry when we are hurt, laugh when we are joyful and our stomachs rumble when we are hungry? The veneer can be wiped away in a seconds and then we are all the same, all quite lovely and quite human.

2. IT DOESN'T HURT TO FORGIVE: "Being forgiving doesn't mean we have to be pushed around"

 It's easy to be angry, it's easy to get riled up and mutter or to make rude gesture and swear. It isn't so easy to be forgiving for I have been a victim of one. And am nt talking about turning the other cheek here or any of that stuff. I'm talking about seeing it from the other person's point of view and been forgiving.

 Been forgiving doesn't mean we have to be pushed around or to put up with nonsense. We can stand our ground say 'sorry I don't need to take that' but we can also make attempt to forgive because we can see it from their point of view. I just bear this in mind, that anyone you come in contact with who hack you off may have had a really bad time before they got to you. Forgiving is not a crime.....

 3. IT DOESN'T HURT TO BE HELPFUL: "This is all about going into everyday thinking of the best of people"

We said in previous rule that the angry person you encounter may have had a bad day before they got to you. Let's try to make it a good day for all before the got to someone else, be the rule player. Let's spread a bit of goodwill around out there and then maybe you can be changing someone's hurt.

Always offering a hand and being generally decent to everybody is really easy, once we get into the mindset that it's what we are supposed to be doing. See situation from other people's point of view.

4. TAKE PRIDE IN COLLECTIVE EFFORT: " To be supportive of our community perhaps we ought to take an interest... Am play some part"

You have to get involved in some way so as to make a tangible difference.

 5. HANGOUT WITH POSITIVE PEOPLE: "No point hanging out with people who don't make you feel good"

If you want to be successful in your life, at work, socializing, you need to be aware that there are two {2} groups people you will meet, First, there are those who lift you up, they are positive about life, have energy and enthusiasm, they work their walk, they talk their walk and generally make you feel great to be alive. And secondly, there are the moaners, who bring you down to their level of inactivity. These group are not the group to hang out with, if you want to make things happen and be happy.
No point hanging out with people who don't make you feel good not unless you like being down like them.

6.BE GENEROUS WITH YOUR TIME AND INFORMATION: "If you have a special talent or skill, pass it on"

As you get older, and you will alot of stuff. Some of that stuff will be important to other people, often the younger people but not always. Share what you know with them. Don't hold on to information for the sake of it and don't hold onto your time for the sake of it. What would you be doing with it that could be in anyway worth while?
 If you have a special talent or skill, pass it on. If don't necessarily mean you have to spend all your spare evening down at the local youth club teaching young ones about whatever it is you know about but if the opportunity arises then you go for it. This makes you IMPORTANT, SUCCESSFUL, DECISIVE, GENEROUS AND THAT MAKE YOU SPECIAL......