Do you have a mean streak?
I wonder what joy some people get out of being mean. Just plain old downright mean and rude. I really think it is in some people's personality to enjoy this type of behavior. Maybe they get a feeling of power, or some sort of charge over being mean and hurting someone's feelings. is it ia sign of insecurity, or are some people just born mean? Can they grow out of it, or can they be trained or re-programmed?
Everywhere I go, there is always at least one naturally mean person in the mix. Sadly, that is the person usually getting their own way most of the time - you know the type - the rude people who push their way into the front of the line at Wal-Mart, or the people who cut you off on the highway without caring if you might lose control. Or the people who constantly find small ways to put someone down, lessen their self-confidence and belittle their feelings. I think the worst thing someone can do is to make someone else feel unimportant and insignificant. I constantly second-guess myself and my actions, I want to make sure I do unto others and all that. It's tough sometimes, because being mean is the ultimate form of selfishness, and we all have a touch of that in ourselves. Lent starts tomorrow, I am going to try to give up any shred of my meanness. I plan to just walk away and remove myself from mean people. I don't need to be around that kind of attitude when I am trying to work on my own.
