This weekend I was at McDonalds with my boys and their cousins. We were eating in and waiting out the rain to go for a swim.
A older man stops by the table on his way out. He looked like a former Greyhound driver as he had a tie pin of that nature. He was a tall man despite the fact that he was stooped over.
‘Are these children all from the same family?” he asked.
“Well yes, these 2 are cousins and I have 6 boys.” I replied.
He looked nice. Then he spoke.
“I pity you” he mutters.
I looked at him and said with a smile “That’s not very nice!”
Other people are listening to this exchange including my boys.
He says, “well I suppose if they are good kids it is o.k.”
As I replied “Yes they are good kids,” and ended the conversation I couldn’t help wonder what was his life like?
If I were to guess, I’d say in one word…. Lonely.
What makes people so mean, rude and unmindful of other’s feelings?
I hope that as my boys reflect on these encounters that they always feel the love that is there over the hate of the small minded people in this world.