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How To Be the High Point in Someone’s Day
The enormous power we have as just one person
From the time I got my first job right out of college, I have worked in two different service industries. This has proved to not always be the best choice for someone who is highly sensitive and empathetic.
I enjoy helping and serving others. I don’t always enjoy the reaction or receptiveness of those who I am trying to serve. Turns out, people are a crapshoot.
Everywhere we go, every person we encounter, we have a choice: we can either make their day or ruin it entirely.
Right now, I’m spending a solid amount of time volunteering for several political campaigns. Because of a worldwide pandemic, it means I can’t go knocking on someone’s door to remind them to mail back their ballot.
I had two experiences that were completely different. Each could have defined my day. I had as much of a choice in the effect that those people would have on me as they did their effect on me.
The first person I called angrily cut me off letting me know he would not be voting for Joe Biden because he “will not vote for a damn pedophile.” He hung up on me as I stammered to find a reaction.
