We have a saying around our house - 'it's easy to be a jerk.' Unfortunately, we are proud purveyors of sarcasm, quick wits, and sass. We intellectually flex our mental muscles by toying with one another - NEVER crossing the line to hurting feelings...but honestly we dance pretty darn close.
But it is far FAR more intellectually and personally challenging to be the nice. Nice is WAY way way more intentional and terrifying. It is vulnerable, honest, genuine, loving... S.C.W.I.D.dy.
Mean is just so much more, well, natural...as in beasty, reptilian... Lord of the Flies type... icko.
Sigh.
But it is far FAR more intellectually and personally challenging to be the nice. Nice is WAY way way more intentional and terrifying. It is vulnerable, honest, genuine, loving... S.C.W.I.D.dy.
Mean is just so much more, well, natural...as in beasty, reptilian... Lord of the Flies type... icko.
Sigh.