I just read the “manners” article in the Journal Sentinel of April 13 and feel the need to comment.
Sometimes you find what you expect. If you expect bad manners, they will be there for you. If you expect (and encourage) good manners, that’s what comes your way.
After knee replacement surgery, I was very heartened by the good manners shown me by strangers, at stores, the gym, parking lots, everywhere. I volunteer at an MPS elementary school and experience children holding doors open, offering to help, saying thank you, making me smile every time I am there.
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Is it the energy we put out that elicits good or bad manners? Is it a self-fulfilling prophecy? We aren’t in control of any manners but our own, but maybe when ours are positive and kind, that’s what we are likely to encounter.
Laurie Leahy, Elm Grove
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This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: I project kindness and usually get it in return. This works. | Letters