Horrified

Working in a little retail shop there is down time. Sometimes I sit and look out the window onto the busy street as folks walk by. The other day I caught myself thinking of every person who walked by. I noticed to my horror I passed judgment on each person. "Awful hair" "Stupid outfit" "Lose some weight" "Wish I had those shoes" "I want that purse" "He's hot" "She's not"

It got even worse as I listened to the voice in my head blithely pass sentence as each person came into view. "They look scary" "He looks mean" "She's full of herself" Just who is full of herself? Hmm. It was nasty to hear. I was ashamed. I took a deep breath.

Then a more gentle thought entered my head, every single person I see is a child of God. He loves each and every one. He's not that pleased with me at the moment but he still loves me too. So I smiled at every person who passed by. Of course few saw me, though every now and then a person would stop and look in the window of the shop and I'd make eye contact and smile pleasantly. You know what, most every person smiled back, even the "scary ones."

Posted 9/16/2009 @ 10:04 PM | Weekly Thoughts