Skills from kindergarten

Kindergarten seems to be coming up in a lot of my conversations lately. I am not really sure why. Maybe it is those days we are all craving.

Near the end of the work day yesterday, I had a quick conversation with some of the front office staff at our health center on campus as I was paying my bill. We were talking about how our day went and our interactions with others. We talked about the lessons we learned in kindergarten such as being kind, learning to listen and how to play and share with others. What great lessons these were and we know that there are many others.

So this got me thinking about our society as a whole and how it hasn't done that well in these categories. You find how well we aren't doing in the rules and regulations that govern our workplaces and behaviors of people in general. So because of all of this, we end up playing games, being indirect and spending way too much time walking around on egg shells worrying about hurting someone's feelings. This kind of stuff drives me nuts. Hello people, untie your shorts.

So how do I deal with this at work?? Simple...I have learned who I can can talk to and who I can't. For those who I can talk to, I treasure the fact that we don't have to worry about rules and regulations. You help keep me sane and are often my sounding board. Thank you for letting me be me.