How Sweet Are You??

Have you ever seen an otherwise attractive person chewing gum in a way that made her appear unattractive? How about someone who is just genius but doesn't know how to hold his fork?

All of these questions are addressed in the book I just read... Emily Post's Etiquette.

white, brown and raw sugar 

In this book, there are things mentioned that will make you think twice about how you act in public, and since reading it, I've found myself observing others more, and I've even tried out a few things myself. 

Recently, my sister and I were invited to join one of our friends to hang out at her house for the evening. We also were invited to join her and her family for dinner but we got there late, so they had already eaten. Instead of just walking through and getting my plate, I stopped and spoke to my friend's parents who were watching TV in the living room.... even though I was starving and my sister just walked on through!   

Of course, it got me thinking.... and then, I decided to do a little experiment. Today I got out several different items and spread them out on a cutting board. I started with white, brown and raw sugar. I tasted them to see the difference in their tastes. Then I enrolled the help of my family members. Obviously, everyone was already wondering what on earth I was doing, especially my mom who had just cleaned the kitchen:)

First my little sister and brother came over and I asked them to taste the samples and see which one they thought was the sweetest. My little sister thought the brown was the sweetest. My brother and I thought the white. By the time my mom came over we had added cinnamon, and then she suggested powdered sugar which I had not thought of. As you can see in the picture, the powdered sugar is almost gone; that should explain which one we thought was the sweetest....

So what's the point?

Well, it's no secret that we all find it easy to form opinions about other people. And if you look hard enough, you will see that most people are like sugar... I think we are all naturally sweet. The only difference? There are all different kinds of sweet. 

 Some of us are raw and need to be refined. 

Others are sweeter but not refined to the fullest. 

And some, are a little too sweet... 

In life, some of us could use a little more refinement than others. And some of us should be careful not to come across as fake by being too nice and sweet. 

 Either way, only we can decide for ourselves how sweet we want to be. 

But I'm sure that etiquette has it's place... and we could each probably use a little more or less:)

So if you haven't already, go pick up a copy.... 

http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=emily+post+books&tag=googhydr-20&index=aps&hvadid=3856156401&hvpos=1t1&hvexid=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=21860348153967969&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=b&ref=pd_sl_3x9a68x49c_b

Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. If you have that awareness, you have good manners, no matter what fork you use.”
― Emily Post

Just something to think about...

Until next time guys,

Use the glue.