Comments on: The Post Office http://antiquemommy.com/2009/06/14/the-post-office/ Fri, 18 May 2012 17:10:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Shannon http://antiquemommy.com/2009/06/14/the-post-office/comment-page-1/#comment-50196 Shannon Sun, 21 Jun 2009 01:13:00 +0000 http://antiquemommy.com/?p=5496#comment-50196 I know this is a serious subject but, um, the mental picture of your nose in your navel is cracking me up. Sorry. I know this is a serious subject but, um, the mental picture of your nose in your navel is cracking me up. Sorry.

]]> By: The Diaper Diaries http://antiquemommy.com/2009/06/14/the-post-office/comment-page-1/#comment-50186 The Diaper Diaries Sat, 20 Jun 2009 01:14:42 +0000 http://antiquemommy.com/?p=5496#comment-50186 Love that you were able to teach your son such a wonderful lesson. I can only hope (but doubt) I would have done the same. Thanks for the reminder. Love that you were able to teach your son such a wonderful lesson. I can only hope (but doubt) I would have done the same. Thanks for the reminder.

]]> By: Good Reading This Week « Too Full Of Hands http://antiquemommy.com/2009/06/14/the-post-office/comment-page-1/#comment-50180 Good Reading This Week « Too Full Of Hands Fri, 19 Jun 2009 21:14:28 +0000 http://antiquemommy.com/?p=5496#comment-50180 [...] The Post Office - Antique Mommy [...] [...] The Post Office – Antique Mommy [...]

]]> By: Laura J. http://antiquemommy.com/2009/06/14/the-post-office/comment-page-1/#comment-50135 Laura J. Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:26:58 +0000 http://antiquemommy.com/?p=5496#comment-50135 I don't know why, but as I read the last couple of sentences, it brought a tear to my eye. Thanks for the reminder. I don’t know why, but as I read the last couple of sentences, it brought a tear to my eye. Thanks for the reminder.

]]> By: Sue http://antiquemommy.com/2009/06/14/the-post-office/comment-page-1/#comment-50099 Sue Wed, 17 Jun 2009 05:24:21 +0000 http://antiquemommy.com/?p=5496#comment-50099 Right! Right!

]]> By: Kathy Vaughan http://antiquemommy.com/2009/06/14/the-post-office/comment-page-1/#comment-50092 Kathy Vaughan Wed, 17 Jun 2009 02:21:01 +0000 http://antiquemommy.com/?p=5496#comment-50092 On my good days, I find it easy to extend grace and kindness to the crazy postal patrons of the world. On my bad days, I'm afraid I have to admit, I AM the crazy postal patron (minus the“Oh &%$#!”)! I have found myself in situations where I am in a hurry (or tired, sick, lazy - insert applicable excuse)and acted in a way that would bring shame to the name of Christ. Knowing that I too am capable of such behavior helps me be able to extend grace to others. And knowing that more grace has been extended to me by my heavenly father than I could ever fathom - well, it really does motivate me to pay it forward. I'm so glad Sean got to see you extending grace. And thanks for sharing with us. I can always use a reminder! On my good days, I find it easy to extend grace and kindness to the crazy postal patrons of the world. On my bad days, I’m afraid I have to admit, I AM the crazy postal patron (minus the“Oh &%$#!”)! I have found myself in situations where I am in a hurry (or tired, sick, lazy – insert applicable excuse)and acted in a way that would bring shame to the name of Christ. Knowing that I too am capable of such behavior helps me be able to extend grace to others. And knowing that more grace has been extended to me by my heavenly father than I could ever fathom – well, it really does motivate me to pay it forward. I’m so glad Sean got to see you extending grace. And thanks for sharing with us. I can always use a reminder!

]]> By: Cathy http://antiquemommy.com/2009/06/14/the-post-office/comment-page-1/#comment-50088 Cathy Tue, 16 Jun 2009 22:39:08 +0000 http://antiquemommy.com/?p=5496#comment-50088 That's what I would call a "teachable moment". I kind of feel sorry for the person that was in such a big hurry! But, maybe you taught them something too. Well done! That’s what I would call a “teachable moment”. I kind of feel sorry for the person that was in such a big hurry! But, maybe you taught them something too. Well done!

]]> By: Wendy http://antiquemommy.com/2009/06/14/the-post-office/comment-page-1/#comment-50086 Wendy Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:24:10 +0000 http://antiquemommy.com/?p=5496#comment-50086 Such a great story....and such great restraint. :-) Crazy postal patron's wife must have a child on the same swim team as my child. We were driving through the one way parking lot today to get the very last parking spot and she drove the wrong way, toward me, at a very high rate of speed and turned in the space from the wrong way. I said nothing, and found another parking spot, however, in my mind I was wishing that I was driving a beat up Dodge Ram truck...... :-) * * * * <em>I relate to your comment. While I often let people back in line and have the parking space I was about to pull into, I also fantasize about shooting their tires out. ~ AM</em> :-) Such a great story….and such great restraint. :-)

Crazy postal patron’s wife must have a child on the same swim team as my child. We were driving through the one way parking lot today to get the very last parking spot and she drove the wrong way, toward me, at a very high rate of speed and turned in the space from the wrong way. I said nothing, and found another parking spot, however, in my mind I was wishing that I was driving a beat up Dodge Ram truck……

:-)

* * * *
I relate to your comment. While I often let people back in line and
have the parking space I was about to pull into, I also fantasize about
shooting their tires out. ~ AM :-)

]]> By: Antique Mommy http://antiquemommy.com/2009/06/14/the-post-office/comment-page-1/#comment-50084 Antique Mommy Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:46:57 +0000 http://antiquemommy.com/?p=5496#comment-50084 To JJ's point, As a Christian, I am called to be Christ to everyone I see, everywhere I go, every day. Even at the post office. But oh how I fail. Having a 5YO at my elbow IS a reminder to respond to others with grace even when they don't deserve it and I don't feel like it. Ideally my motivation would always be to behave properly just because it's the right thing, but sometimes, often, it's just that I don't want to infect my 5YO with my sub-par attitude. To Sally's point, it does seem like most of the people "out there" are rude and pretend you are invisible (oddly enough I encounter this more at church than the post office). And it does wear me down. And? It hurts my feelings. But to be quite honest many days I am "those people out there" I'm in a hurry, I have a me-first attitude, I've got stuff to do, get out of my way. At the root of this behavior is the unexamined and misguided notion that I'm the center of the universe more than plain old meanness -- my nose has become lodged in my navel. We all need to extend grace more freely and automatically -- Sally and me and everyone else. We all need to work on it, and then get up the next day and work on it some more. And maybe somewhere along the way, we'll get a little grace when we need it. To JJ’s point, As a Christian, I am called to be Christ to everyone I see, everywhere I go, every day. Even at the post office. But oh how I fail. Having a 5YO at my elbow IS a reminder to respond to others with grace even when they don’t deserve it and I don’t feel like it. Ideally my motivation would always be to behave properly just because it’s the right thing, but sometimes, often, it’s just that I don’t want to infect my 5YO with my sub-par attitude.

To Sally’s point, it does seem like most of the people “out there” are rude and pretend you are invisible (oddly enough I encounter this more at church than the post office). And it does wear me down. And? It hurts my feelings. But to be quite honest many days I am “those people out there” I’m in a hurry, I have a me-first attitude, I’ve got stuff to do, get out of my way. At the root of this behavior is the unexamined and misguided notion that I’m the center of the universe more than plain old meanness — my nose has become lodged in my navel.

We all need to extend grace more freely and automatically — Sally and me and everyone else. We all need to work on it, and then get up the next day and work on it some more. And maybe somewhere along the way, we’ll get a little grace when we need it.

]]> By: Sally http://antiquemommy.com/2009/06/14/the-post-office/comment-page-1/#comment-50083 Sally Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:46:01 +0000 http://antiquemommy.com/?p=5496#comment-50083 For JJ, Please don't get me wrong, I agree that showing love to others, no matter who is watching, is the right thing to do. And I strive to do that every day. I always greet everyone I see with a smile and treat them with kindness and consideration. But there still seems to be an awful lot of people who are very demanding, rude and inconsiderate, and sometimes that kind of behavior just wears me down, and makes me less willing to be kind to them when they are so rude to me. It is a weakness that I need to work on, to show them by example that being kind is the right thing to do in all circumstances. I'm pretty that sure we can all do better in showing love to one another. For JJ,
Please don’t get me wrong, I agree that showing love to others, no matter who is watching, is the right thing to do. And I strive to do that every day. I always greet everyone I see with a smile and treat them with kindness and consideration. But there still seems to be an awful lot of people who are very demanding, rude and inconsiderate, and sometimes that kind of behavior just wears me down, and makes me less willing to be kind to them when they are so rude to me. It is a weakness that I need to work on, to show them by example that being kind is the right thing to do in all circumstances.
I’m pretty that sure we can all do better in showing love to one another.

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