POLITE, COURTEOUS REALTORS............WISH THERE WERE MORE!!!

HELLO EVERYONE,

WELL MONDAY IS OVER AND THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW IS ALREADY WEDNESDAY.   THAT IS THE WAY I LIKE TO LOOK AT MY WORK WEEK.

MY THOUGHTS TODAY CONCERN GOOD OL' FASHIONED COMMON COURTESY.   AND SOMETIMES THE LACK THEREOF.  I AM SO PROUD OF MY PARENTS FOR RAISING ME THE WAY THEY DID.  I RECEIVED SPANKINGS, CURFEWS AND WAS GROUNDED MORE THAN THE SPACE SHUTTLE.  BUT, I MUST SAY I TURNED OUT OK IN ONE WAY.  THAT IS TO TREAT OTHERS AS I WANTED TO BE TREATED.  PUTTING MYSELF IN SOMEONE ELSE'S SHOES.  KARMA IF YOU WILL.  WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND.  DO UNTO OTHERS AS YOU WOULD HAVE THEM DO UNTO YOU, etc. etc. etc.

I WASN'T ALWAYS THAT WAY.   BUT FOR SOME REASON THE LAST COUPLE OF DECADES OF MY LIFE I FIND MYSELF DOING REALLY NICE THINGS.  SMALL AND BIG.   BY SMALL I MEAN SUCH THINGS AS PICKING UP THE PAPER TOWEL OFF THE FLOOR IF I MISS THE WASTE BASKET IN THE BATHROOM.  SURE SOMEONE ELSE COULD COME ALONG AND DO IT, BUT IT WAS ME THAT THREW IT THERE.   AND THE NOTION CREEPING INTO MY HEAD FOR SO MANY YEARS NOW IS, IF I LEAVE IT THERE, SOME LITTLE THING IS GOING TO GO WRONG FOR ME.  HOWEVER, IF I PICK IT UP, AND MAYBE EVEN ANOTHER PAPER TOWEL OR 2 LYING BESIDE IT ON THE FLOOR, MAYBE A NICE THING OR 2 IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO ME. 

THE PAPER TOWEL IS JUST ONE VERY SMALL EXAMPLE OF SCORES OF THINGS THAT HAPPEN EVERYDAY TO EVERYONE, WHERE YOU HAVE A CHOICE TO DO THE RIGHT THING OR THE WRONG THING.   IT FEELS SO GOOD TO DO THE RIGHT THING, AND IT IS SO EASY.   SO THIS BRINGS ME TO COMMON COURTESY AMONG OUR FELLOW REALTORS.

IT IS VERY EASY TO LEAVE A BUSINESS CARD AT A HOUSE YOU JUST SOLD, OR CALL THE REALTOR IF YOU SEE SOMETHING THAT NEEDS ATTENTION AT THE HOUSE, LIKE A LIGHTBULB NEEDING REPLACED IN THE BASEMENT.  HOW ABOUT SETTING THE REALTOR'S SIGN BACK UP IF IT FELL DOWN IN THE YARD?  ONE GOOD DEED DESERVES ANOTHER RIGHT?   IF YOU PLAN TO SHOW A PROPERTY AND THEN DON'T, DO YOU CALL THE REALTOR TO LET THEM KNOW YOU WILL NOT BE SHOWING THAT HOME?  WOULD YOU WANT THEM TO DO THAT TO YOU?

I MUST ALSO SAY IT IS ALOT EASIER BEING MORE COURTEOUS AS YOU GET OLDER.   DON'T YOU THINK?  IS IT THAT WE KNOW WE ARE GETTING UP IN AGE AND CLOSER TO MEETING OUR MAKER AND EVERY LITTLE BIT OF KINDNESS HELPS US GET ANOTHER TOE IN THE GATE?   I DON'T KNOW.  NOBODY DOES.   I CAN LIVE WITH PEOPLE NOT BEING POLITE BECAUSE I HAVE COME TO PEACE WITH THAT.  IT IS EASY TO JUST AVOID CONTACT WITH SUCH PEOPLE AND SURROUND YOURSELF WITH FOLKS WITH GOOD ATTITUDES AND AN UPBEAT OUTLOOK ON LIFE.

I KNOW I CAN'T CHANGE THE WORLD, OR EVEN ONE PERSON IN IT, BUT IF I MADE SOMEONE THINK ABOUT DOING THAT ONE SIMPLE ACT OF KINDNESS THEY WOULDN'T NORMALLY DO I AM A HUGE SUCCESS.

THANKS FOR READING THIS............... DUANEHOSEK@HOTMAIL.COM    WWW.DUANEHOSEK.COM