To Be Well-Mannered

I read this during the week and was reminded that I can be more polite. I can use better manners and I can teach my children the same.  It may be something that everyone knows but it was good for me to see it in one place. Sometimes creating the life we live is an act of discipline and rising above the incivility of others. While these words are not mine, I have given them a title:

• To Be Well-Mannered
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• -Never exaggerate
• -Never point at another.
• -Never betray a confidence.
• -Never laugh at the misfortunes of others.
• -Never give a promise that you do not fulfill.
• -Never speak much of your own performances.
• -Never make yourself the hero of your own story.
• -Never fail to give a polite answer to a civil question.
• -Never call a new acquaintance by their first name unless requested.
• -Never attempt to draw the attention of the company constantly upon yourself.
• -Never exhibit too great a familiarity with a new acquaintance, as you may give offense.
• -Never fail to tell the truth. If truthful, you get your reward. You will get your punishment if you deceive.
• -Never fail to speak kindly. If in any position where you exercise authority, you show yourself to be a gentleman by your pleasant mode of address.
• -Never attempt to convey the impression that you are a genius.
  
  
  By Doug Giles