Be Gentle, Sensitive and Kind to All

Hello Ladies and Gentlemen

How are you doing?

Hope you have been having a very good time.

For me, things have been going well. Some days, I'm on point and other days generally lazy. I was even asking myself yesterday when I became this lazy. That in itself is a topic for another day.

A few years ago, I stayed in Port Harcourt because of work. The accommodation came with most of what we required (electricity, food, internet, etc) and if we had any issues, we only needed to make a call to the accommodations office and someone came in immediately to fix the issue. Because the issues were raised over the phone, I never really had a relationship with the staff in the accommodations office. The relationship was best described with the narrative below:

Me: "Good day, please we have no light in the flat"

Person Responsible: "Sorry about that Madam, we will send an electrician to look at it shortly"

Me: "Thank you and bye"

And that was it.

I would not say I was ever out rightly rude to the staff but I also was not personal. I treated them with the mind set of "It is your job, get on with it" and I would also admit I have had a number of impatient telephone conversations or snappy responses when I was asked questions. I also sometimes demanded that a number of things were done MY way.

After almost 2 years of a no love, no hate, I don't know your name and I don't care relationship, I finally left the flat and was back to Lagos to continue living my life in my house. A few months later, I was back in that accommodation for work again and this time, I had to physically present myself to the accommodation office to complete some documents and all and it was amazing how nice I was to the staff and they were to me.

What is the message this week I can hear you ask.

Oh well, it is nothing serious or extraordinary.

All I have to say is that because someone is not physically in your space does not make them unworthy of your kindness or because you can not put a face to a voice or physically touch an individual does not make less human that you are. The person that picks up your call when you call a customer service line is also human and please cut ALL human beings some slack.

Make a clean break with all cutting, backbiting, profane talk. Be gentle with one another, sensitive. Forgive one another as quickly and thoroughly as God in Christ forgave you.

Ephesians 4: 31 -32 (The Message)

This message is also for the impatient and sometimes irrational Miss Onakz

Have a wonderful week

With loads of love, hugs and kisses from me to you as always

Miss Onakz...