The Golden Rule 1.0
It was 44 years ago. I was 8. Our steel chairs were painted shiny brown, my tiny butt was sore and I was fidgety. So were my shined shoes, hair combed, dresses pressed Sunday School mates – fidgety I mean. Gravel voiced, smiling Mr Lafon, reading the good word from his scuffed and worn familiar Holy Bible. His was the King James version. The one with red sentences, golden edges and Thee’s, Thou’s and Verily’s . He shared, “Do unto others as you would have done unto you.”
Words taught early. Wise words we’ve strived to live by. My blog title, “The Golden Rule Is Broken” isn’t exactly true, it’s not broken. Perhaps you’ll humor an upgrade.
The Golden Rule 2.0
Here’s version 2.0. “Do unto others as they would have done unto them.”
Think about that for 30 seconds. Reread it: “Do unto others as they would have done unto them.”
How do YOU want to be treated, serviced and tended too? The way YOU want. The way YOU like it best. Or do you prefer your preferences and proclivities be poo-pooed?
Would we agree? Poo-pooing on someone’s desires and preferences leads to FAILURE.
Here’s Four “Fail” examples:
1. There are 5 Love Languages – suppose your personal love language is “affirmation”, your lovers is “gifts”. If you yammer and blather affirmations because YOU like them, and you skip the gifts, you’re gonna be lonely Friday night, Saturday night, Sunday night. No sugar for you!
2. I love chick flicks, you love Friday the 13th movies. If I drag you to Sex In The City, Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants and Dirty Dancing because I love them, we’d have relationship problems wouldn’t we? No Dirty Dancing for me, maybe a hammer to the head, right?
3. We bump into each other at the bar. “Hey, how’s it goin? Great to see you! Let me buy you a drink?”, I offer. You smile and thirstily nod. I don’t ask you, “What’ll you have?” I order you what I like. I rub up to the bar and order you a stupid White Wine Spritzer. Your mouth waters for Miss Mojito, now you have a fist full of foo-foo and your smile is upside down. It’d be kinda rude of me right? I’ll be drinking alone. Again:-(
4. Suppose I was a masochist? Should I treat you like I like? Ouch shouts! For one of us at least.
See what I mean? Treating others like you like can lead to fractures. Relationship fractures, the compound kind, with jagged bones poking out.
Read the “How To”, Joe Dirt The Golden Rule 2.0 at AgentGenuis.com
Thanks, KB
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