New Years Resolution or Rant...

[dsaundry]

Ok, I really don't believe in resolutions as 99% never keep them for very long, but here are some things I will try to do over the next year. Be more tolerant of idiot drivers who don't signal where they are going, don't get too upset when I see a driver using their cell phone instead of paying attention to the road, try to understand why ladies feel the need to put on their make-up when their driving rather than at home, try to understand why men need to read the newspaper or shave while they are driving. Simple deductive reasoning is if you are doing any of these things you aren't paying attention to your surroundings! Try to be more understanding when I go into a shop to buy something and the staff treat me like I am invisible while they talk to their friends because customers are second rate I guess, try to ignore the occasional rude waiter/waitress when I go out with my wife for a nice dinner, as it's my money that is paying their salary. Try to make sense of why a customer will come into my shop and whine at the price of their brake job, and turn around and spend $1000.00 on a stereo system or mags for their vehicle instead. Stopping not as important as looking or sounding good I guess. Trying to be more patient with my kids as for some reason they are supposed to be under more stress than when I was their age. I must have missed my stress-free teen years and skipped right over the trying to get a career in my 20's, then the ease of a messy divorce in my thirties, and a heart attack in my forties. So although I am sure I could go on for a while, I will put forth my "Be more tolerant" resolution and go on to have a great year. I will also say that while I rant I also am aware how fortunate I am to have a healthy family and a career that I love. To live in what I still believe is the greatest country in the world{no political comments please} and understand that others are a lot worse off than most of us. So reply with your rants or resolutions and vent a bit as it's good for the soul.