Life Lesson #4: Special Circumstances doesn't mean Morally Right.

I have always been an opinionated person.  Just ask anyone.  So this last life lesson is one that I want to write honestly so everyone can see that I am not suddenly judge, jury, and executioner.  The fact is… I do not stand from my perch of “Special Needs” and sit in judgment of all others that pass before me.  Having an opinion does not mean it is correct.  Please hear this – Special Circumstances is not the ultimate Trump Card. 

Yesterday, I lied.  Yes… I did, and it was wrong.  I received a “bill” to authorize the request for payment for one of our many medical treatments in the past month.  I received a paper I needed to sign; I signed the paper, and forgot to put it in the mail the very next day.  (Literally… the very next day.)  Later that evening, I received a phone call from people at that organization.  (Again, this was one day after receiving the “bill.”)  They asked if it was mailed and I replied that it would go with tomorrow’s mail.  The man on the phone then asked me if I had access to a fax machine and could I fax it.  This was the straw that broke me.  I could not believe that they wanted a paper so badly they would give me a one-day turnaround before asking for a fax.  I was morally angered.  They were wrong! I said, “No, I do not.  I’m in a hospital with my son.”  This was a lie.  We were in the hospital the day before and the day after… but at that moment I just needed peace and my lie felt justified because… “How dare him?” 

That was wrong.  My special circumstances should not have been used as a weapon to make someone else feel embarrassed.  Just because I had an opinion on something, doesn’t necessarily mean I’m right.  More importantly, I shouldn’t have used Alexander as the fist if I wanted that guy to be my punching bag. 

Have always had opinions about things.  My opinions change; I change.  I am not always right.  I am not above reproach.  I do not have the “ultimate perspective.”  I do have a unique perspective, but just because I see things from a different side of the fence, doesn’t make it the only side.  Life lesson – those who sit in judgment are only asking to be judged themselves.

This ends my life lessons from Yesterday.  I am really interested in what life lessons you have learned.  You can write a lot or as much as a sentence – I just want to hear them.

Just a little something to make everyone smile at the end of the day.