10/20/17

Today's Horoscope

All signs:

The stars want us all to work on being more considerate.

They understand that our lives are hectic, and that there so many demands on our time and energies. They realize that our days are filled with deadlines and stress, and we are bombarded constantly with news and hyperbole and images of mayhem. They knew we are overwhelmed with media and entertainment and traffic and responsibilities. On top of all that, we have to navigate an obstacle course of distraught and inconsiderate people. In turn, we become inconsiderate ourselves.

We are sometimes lost in our own world, weighed down by worry and multitasking. We absent-mindedly cut people off in traffic, we stand in their way in the stores, we walk in front of them and glare when they are inconvenienced by us. We yell at the people waiting on us, we tailgate the cars in front of us, and we throw up our hands if someone takes two seconds longer than we deem necessary at the ATM.

We give no thought to the people around us as we barrel through our day, so put upon and convinced that our time is more important than theirs.

We are inconsiderate not just to strangers, but to those we love. We take out our anger and frustration on them when we get home. We dismiss them or talk over them, we invade their space and disregard their feelings.

We grow accustomed to the people that are there for us all the time, and we take them for granted. We monopolize their time, then brush them off when they need us for a moment. We trivialize their needs and exaggerate our own.

We are so wrapped up in all of our own responsibilities and drama that we forget our manners and basic human decency. We neglect, we trample, we blunder our way through our lives with no consideration for how other people feel or what they are trying to get done.

The stars want to impress upon you that it only takes a little effort to be more aware of those around you. It takes less than a second to remind yourself to be courteous and kind patient. It doesn't take much to consider other people's feelings and needs and to treat them with a little respect.

Consideration for others will result in more consideration for you, and just by trying a little harder, you make life a little easier for everyone, including yourself.