I often find myself scrolling through Facebook with my mouth opened at the astonishment I get from looking at all of the judgmental posts and disrespectful comments. I am appalled with how careless people are with others' feelings. I am a very quiet person who rarely voices their opinion and that is why I love to write. There are so many wonderful things that happen in the world that are always overshadowed by the malicious cruelty on the news.

Do I ever have mean thoughts run across my brain? Yes! Do I choose to say those thoughts out loud or act on them? No. All of my friends and family know that if they want an honest blunt answer on something that I am the person they should ask, but I would never tell a random person that their outfit is hideous, or their religion is unbiblical, or their choice for a non organic diet is dumb. I live off the phrase, "to each their own."

I will believe in God and you can believe in what you want. No, I don't understand why anyone would choose not to believe in Him, but I do understand how hard it is to grasp the concept of Him when bad things may have happened to someone. I pray one day as He shows himself to those people, that they will accept Him. I will always express my faith and hopefully lead people to Jesus and His word. Unless anyone attacks me or my morals, you do you, and I'll do me.

I will eat what I want to eat, and you eat what you want to eat. I eat mostly organic/non-GMO, which SO many people have criticized me about. I simply reply, “I’d rather be safe than sorry.” Even though I am way more educated on the subject than just being “safe” about it, it’s a lost cause with most. I’ve realized people just want to correct me because people love being right or being argumentative to prove a point. Changing your lifestyle, and accepting that everything you may have been doing/eating the past 30 plus years could’ve been bad for your health is a scary thing, so people get defensive instead. That’s fine if that is how you feel but don’t criticize me because I am taking action with my own health. If it is still dumb to you, I thought bullying stopped when high school was over? Weren't you ever told if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all?

I know that there are heated topics that are debated every single day. I know that there is evil and that things happen that we can't control. What I can't wrap my head around is that people, even Godly people, do and say inhumane things. Are you so bored that all you can think of doing is sitting on Facebook and attacking someone with your opinions that you don't even know? Is your life so miserable that yelling at that employee was so worth it to you? Is everything you are saying based off of facts, or are you so opinionated that you actually started believing your own opinions were the whole truth and nothing but the truth?

What happened to holding the door for a stranger just because? Walking past people in the mall and smiling at them because you both caught eyes? What happened to people empowering people? Women empowering women? What happened to using your blinker? What happened to waiting to the side of someone else’s bumper so that they can safely see to be able to pull out onto the road? Did these things ever exist or did I just grow up and out of the ignorance of it? Why is it so surprising to us when a stranger actually does something out of the kindness of their heart? Why does it surprise people that my boyfriend pulls out my chair at dinner?

It literally costs zero dollars out of your paychecks to be kind and respectful to other people. Why would anyone choose to be a toxic person?

I was motivated to write this post after an experience I had in a parking lot. I was driving around for about 15 minutes when a lady waved me down to let me know that she was leaving and I could have her spot. It was literally the front row, first spot. Now, I know my luck and this NEVER happens to me. I reversed and waited for her to leave which she took an unusual long time to move. As I was waiting with my blinker on for about two minutes at this point, it hit me that I should probably record this. I should record this because yes I know my luck way too well and there is no way that this is going to work as planned for me. I know, I know, why such negative thinking? I don't consider it negative thinking, I call it not being naive to my fate of bad luck.

Anyways, as she pulls out and I sit waiting for clearance, and in out of nowhere a car pulls and swings it left and directly into the parking spot. My parking spot. I could not believe this. Even though I knew I had horrible enough luck to start recording, I just couldn't believe that it actually happened. Someone who obviously saw me waiting there with my blinker on ACTUALLY processed the thought in their mind that they could be rude enough to do that. After beeping and driving past with my window down, I thought maybe they just didn’t see me waiting there. He mouthed through his window, "B*tch I gotta work!" Yup, he saw me, and I drove around for 15 more minutes just to find a spot in the way back of Opry Mills Mall. I spent half of the rest of the day dumbfounded at how I knew myself so well that I knew to get out the video and record it, and the other half of the rest of the day contemplating if I should go let the air out of his tires. I believe in karma, so I did not do that.

As I conclude, I realize to some people, like that guy, it doesn't cost zero dollars to be a decent human, it actually costs the five cents he was going to lose by clocking in two minutes late into work.

I still don't get it, but “to each their own,” right?