Inconvenient Kindness

Rant warning: I often do things for people. Things that cause me to have to go out of my way, I do out of the kindness of my heart. Sometimes, begrudgingly, I will do something just because I know it's the right thing to do. And you know what, that's ok. I don't mind being inconvenienced if it means I can make someone else's day a little brighter. 

I wish there were more people in the world that would be inconveniently kind to others. 

I hate being a burden to people. Rarely will I ask for something that I may want or need if I feel it will inconvenience someone. What's more, if I have something someone else may need or want, I wouldn't rub it in their face. I consider everything I do, how it might impact another person. 

For instance,  right now,  we only have one car, and my husband drives it to work. For the most part,  it's no big deal.  I don't mind being home alone all day, most days. You know what does bother me though? When someone goes out of their way to brag about where they are or what they are doing KNOWING and not caring that I am home alone. Especially when that person could just as easily have asked if I wanted to join. 

I would have done it; I would have asked. I would ask every time I left the house if they needed anything or wanted to go with me. I would have driven out of my way to pick them up because it's the right thing to do.  

This is not an "I'm better than you" rant. This is a "my feelings are hurt because I go out of my way to do crap for you all the time,  and you don't have the same inconvenient courtesy for me" rant. 

I know to some, this may seem petty. But I vowed to be candidly christian,  in the good moments and the bad. And right now,  this is a bad moment. I don't rant on my social media sites for everyone to see. I'm ranting here because hardly any one will see. I just needed a safe place to vent my frustrations at the injustices of the world;  even if the world right now is just me alone in my apartment and the injustices are my frustrations that not everyone thinks the way I do. 

I actually feel better after getting it out.  

1) Don't throw in people's faces the things you are capable of doing and they are not.

2) Don't complain to a woman struggling with infertility about your unplanned pregnancy. It makes us feel like lava is moving around on the inside of us,  preparing to explode. 

3) In summary, remember the golden rule: Always treat others the way you would want to be treated. You may need something someday, and no one wants to do something for an inconsiderate person. 

Gandhi said, "Be the change you wish to see in the world. " Go out of your way for people. Be inconvenienced often. Not only does it help someone else,  it builds character.  And when they don't return the favor,  remember that those inconvenient things you do are for the Lord.