The Small Rule That Could Change Many Lives—278

Have you ever witnessed all this beautiful yet chaotic experience at the car park when you are traveling before? Yes, I have witnessed multiple, and the most recent one was in January this year. I was already at the car park, one of the first few people to arrive, but we were still waiting for some passengers to arrive before we could move. When we were about to move, the two passengers at the front started arguing and exchanging words about who should enter because he was the last to come; the other person was also saying that he wanted to sit down by the window side. The noise went on, and all the passengers also contributed. They were all shouting that they gave the driver no chance to settle them; he was just looking. I don't like trouble; I just plug in my headphones and continue with my podcasts. It felt like chaos; everybody was talking with no solution, and no one was even listening.

If I am to redesign the world in one small way according to this prompt, I will not do much; I will only introduce a simple thing that everyone must abide with, people should know the source of what is going on, they must listen to understand before they give any respect. As simple as that will the habit I will introduce be.

When I had not yet had the better and deeper understanding of this thing, I was always very quick to defend myself when someone was trying to correct me. Like before, you said A, I have replied with B. I thought that I was being smart, not knowing that I was only disgracing myself. Just because I did not pay prompt attention to what some people were saying, I misjudged and misunderstood what they were trying to say.

Then and even now, I still see some people in that shoe both in the marketplaces, on live podcasts, in schools, and in churches, even in my area. Some people are trying to say something; another person cuts them off without knowing the full details, and the problem keeps escalating.

Now, I am very calm. I have learned how to pay attention to what people are saying, the reason for their actions, and why they reacted the way they did. I now notice things that I usually missed in the past.

And in my humble opinion, if I will change the world, I think the world does not need louder voices. I think what our world needs is patience, when we can all exercise deep patience to hear each other out first before we respond. Maybe by then, things will be better, and we might have a better world to live in.

Thank you for reading.

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