Is That Too Much To Ask?

There are times and places that I've just got to refrain myself...because I really don't think I'd bode well in jail. I don't play well with others, and I'm not very good at following directions.

Here are a few of my problems with others:

I understand that it's each persons right to smoke. I choose not to, and I choose not to have my children or myself around it. For one thing, it triggers migraines for me and for another, the smell is just damn hard to get rid of. So why is it when people smoke, they keep it extended out of their own confined space, therefore spreading it into mine? I pull up to a stop light and there is a car around me where the occupants are smoking. Do they keep it in their car with the windows rolled up? No. The windows are down with the cigarette extended outside the car. Regardless if my windows are rolled up or not, it's in my car. Same thing with my home. My neighbors smoke, but only outside their home. I understand it's hard to get the smell out of your curtains and furniture...because it's now in mine every time I open my windows for fresh air. And for God's sake, can you please keep your nasty ole' butts out of my yard, is that too much to ask?

I'm not picky with my music. I'll listen to just about anything. I've even found a song or two of country that is iPod worthy. But, do I have to listen to yours? I fully understand it being a great day outside and wanting to have the windows down while you're driving and your music blaring...it's a great part of life. We all deserve that. But when you're parked, say in a grocery lot or across the street from my house, would you mind either rolling your windows up or turning it down enough where it's for your listening pleasure? Seriously, is that too much to ask?

We are all different, thank God. Otherwise, what a boring place if everyone was like me. Boring and unfriendly, but that's another post. So, I appreciate differences. I appreciate different intellects, different opinions, different languages. I appreciate them and I respect them. So, please do not force yours on me. If everyones was the same as yours, face it, you'd still find something to force down my throat. Whether it was that my favorite color was blue while yours was red (am I an idiot? How could I possibly like blue instead of red?) or that I'm republican while you're simply irresponsible, no wait, I mean democrat...yeah, that's what I meant. We learn from each other, not just from you. God didn't clone Adam and Eve, He enabled them to come together to produce someone unique and worthy in their own right. Try learning instead of constantly teaching, please...is that too much to ask?

If you have something you honestly know in your heart that you can't take care of, find whatever it is a good home where it can grow, be loved, be protected and be given the basics that every living thing deserves. I don't care whether it's a child, an animal or a house plant. If you can't (or won't) care for it, please put your selfishness aside and admit that you're not in a place where you can provide for it. Every living thing deserves a chance to be loved, deserves the chance to live and grow daily without being starved for food or affection, without being neglected. Life of every sort deserves to be respected...is that too much to ask?

If you're wrong, admit it. There's no reason to get angry at the person who was right, simply because they were right. Why is it so hard for someone to say "Wow, I got that all wrong, sorry"? Does it take away your strength somehow? Does it make you seem less intelligent to admit a mistake? When the error is already revealed, does getting angry and treating someone poorly somehow make you more right? It's human to make mistakes...big ones, small ones and my kind; stupid ones. Admitting it doesn't make the matter worse, but it will earn you more respect. If you're wrong, own up to it...is that too much to ask?