character

one of the things going thru my head today while working on registers at the restaurant i work at.

this is definitely not a perfect idea or ideology or whatever the fuck this is, but this is one of the things that i base my personality off of.

anytime i'm out in public, i try to display a positive attitude, being careful to be as polite and have as warming an attitude as i can. i meet a lot of people for the first time everyday, and i don't want anyone to be under the impression that i'm anything other than happy with my life, because i really am nothing but happy with my life. i have hardships and sources of stress, but compared to many other people, i have next to nothing to complain about.

i get stressed out, but there's no reason for me to take that stress out on other people that haven't had a direct effect on the stress i feel. i try to turn the page on each different person i see. if one person is giving me bullshit, i won't be afraid to show my distaste for that person. but the second that i'm done with that person, i try to go back to being positive. i see no reason to take the stress i have with one person on another person.

i kept thinking about this train of thought while ringing up this lady who was obviously having a bad day. she seemed really tense and stressed out and was sort of taking it out on me, giving me a negative attitude and acting like i was a total asshole douche dumbass. i felt like she had no reason at all to take her stress out on me, and instead should have interacted more positively with me.

i don't want to paint too negative of a picture of random people i serve while working, because there are definitely a lot of people that seem to have stressful shit going on in their lives, yet still find ways to be nice and display a positive attitude with me. i'm talking about people whose children are still growing, being loud and obnoxious. some of those same people are also trying to take care of their parents, who are getting too old to really take care of themselves. i can't help but feel compassion and a great deal of respect for these people who have so many sources of stress in their lives, yet still find ways to be positive about things.

i try to model my life after these people who display great character. when i feel stressed out, i feel like that is the time to be the most positive. it's easy to be positive when things are going great, but it shows a lot more effort and character when you display positive characteristics when things are going downhill.

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