Is Being Nice Really That Hard?

I’ll keep this short because there is not much to say to it other than TREAT PEOPLE KINDLY!  I often wonder why people have to be mean.  If you want someone to be nice to you, “kill them with kindness.”  Go out of your way to be nice to them.  And not a “fake nice” like you’re literally trying to kill them, but a genuine kindness.  This follows the verse,  Luke 6:31, “Treat others the way you want to be treated.”  I can honestly say I don’t know anyone who is mean to me.  I can’t stand being mean to people and I think it has really paid off.  I’m lucky in the fact that my parents raised me that way and more so, that God instilled a “people pleasing” attitude in me (can be both good and bad at times, but I rather take the bad than not have it at all).  I’m such a people pleaser that one time when Ryan and I were at a restaurant and I order the chicken parmesan and the waiter came back with tilapia,  I just ate it.  I didn’t want to make the waiter feel bad for bringing out the wrong meal, that I ate it (in his defense, I was debating between the chicken parm and tilapia when he came to take our order).  It actually ended up being one of the best meals I’ve ever eaten.  So my meal was great and the waiter didn’t go home knowing he completely messed up an order. 
I just don’t see the point in being mean to someone.  Even if they did you so wrong, what is being mean going to do to solve it.  It’s fine to get upset about something and it’s fine to confront someone, but remember they have feelings (even if they put on that they don’t) and being mean is not going to make them any nicer to you. 
I challenge you to treat that person who you think is mean to you with genuine kindness (even if it may kill you for a while) and I promise you, people will start treating you better.  And for you Christians, do it because your Lord commands it! 
Bottom line:  The way people treat you 99% of the time, is the way you are treating them!  QUIT BEING MEAN! 🙂