Wes,
I think that I am a "Rainy Day Person". I have friends and family tell me that I am a good listener when people want to talk, I am loyal to people, I try to accept people as they are and not change them. I have had sorrows and heartache so I am keen to understand another's pain. When I feel someone needs a helping hand or a reason to smile I do my best, not wanting anything in return but the satisfaction that someone is a bit better off because I was in their life at a time they needed someone. I guess I treat people like I would like to be treated. it's the Golden Rule and I have raised my children with it. I watched To Kill A Mocking Bird last night - Atticus Finch said "you don't know a man till you've walked in his shoes". His daughter Scout learned that lesson through Boo Radley - don't judge and condemn a person without knowing them as an individual. This lesson was also taught through the movie with the false accusation and guilty verdict of Tom Robinson. Scout and her brother learned something very powerful as young children and if more children were raised with virtues such as compassion, kindness of spirit, generosity, the ability to forgive, to be able to give love as they would want to be loved we would have a more quiet world. A moment of kindness can be effective for a lifetime.
I try everyday to do something for someone that is unexpected - not just with people I know but strangers also. I put myself in other peoples shoes and wonder what I would like if I were them. If it's something I can do or say then I do it.
I guess I am a Rainy Day Person and I think of the lyrics of Gord's song many times during the course of my life.
Rainy day people know how it hangs on your peace of mind.
I hope you get the idea of what I am saying!
Char
RAINY DAY PEOPLE
Rainy day people always seem to know when it's time to call
Rainy day people don't talk, they just listen till they've heard it all
Rainy day lovers don't lie when they tell 'ya they've been down like you
Rainy day people don't mind if you're cryin' a tear or two
If you get lonely, all you really need is that rainy day love
Rainy day people all know there's no sorrow they can't rise above
Rainy day lovers don't love any others, that would not be kind
Rainy day people all know how it hangs on a peace of mind.
Rainy day lovers don't lie when they tell you, they've been down there too
Rainy day people don't mind if you're cryin' a tear or two.
Rainy day people always seem to know when you're feeling blue
High stepping strutters who land in the gutters sometimes need one too
Take it or leave it, or try to believe it
If you've been down too long
Rainy day lovers don't hide love inside they just pass it on
Rainy day lovers don't hide love inside they just pass it on
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