What's beyond

It's important to know that whatever you see, hear, or experience, that's only your side of the story. It's more than that. We've been told that there're always 2 sides to every stories. See, hear, experience beyond what it is now. I wrote about the paradigm shift long time ago. So, it's kinda like that.

I just want to share what I experienced today. I was working and this lady was dining alone. She ordered 2 dishes. One of them took longer than the other. Right before 2nd dish came out, she asked for a check and told me that "oh, I thought you forgot about it". I went into the kitchen where I saw that her dish was about to be sent out. I brought her the dish and she decided to stay and finish what she ordered. I deal with enough crazy people throughout the day. But the way she asked for the check and assumed that I forgot kinda upset me. It hadn't even been 10 minutes!!! Right before she left, she asked me over and told me this. "I'm really sorry if I was rude. But I'm usually really shy and don't like eating out alone. Not only that I realized that I forgot my wallet and had to ask my son to bring it to me. I was very embarrassed and I am sorry." She was so sweet and sincere. I felt really bad for getting upset like that. I told her thank you for that comment. It actually meant a lot for me. As I said, I deal with more than enough crazy people throughout the day. I don't know their stories. All I ask is the common courtesy to treat me as a person, not a servant, and not to disrespect me. That's all. Things people assume they can get away with can surprise you.

The fact that she came to me and made that comment made me realize that I was only seeing, hearing and experiencing my side of the story. It doesn't mean that you can let other people treat you wrong or let them get away with things. It's not. It takes an effort to see the whole picture and most of the time you can't see the whole picture. But at least know that there are more stories. And you are a part of the big story orchestrated by God. God placed those people in your life so that you can learn something, or they can learn something from you. Keep your eyes open to what's around you. See beyond what you see. Hear beyond what you hear. And experience beyond your experience. There're more to it.

Love, Hope, Faith