May is International Civility Awareness month. Civility is critical to a well-functioning family, workplace, school, community, state, nation, and world. When it is missing in one arena of our lives, the other arenas of our life can be off kilter. It isn't always easy to deal with others tactlessness, rudeness, cluelessness, and boorishness. However, it is how you respond to such incidents, and how you behave in general that are key to creating more civility in the world we share.
Civility encompasses many aspects of positive social behavior:
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Each one of us can make a positive difference in someones life. A tweak here, a tweak there...
Each moment you have an
opportunity to choose how to respond, to think, to be. What choices will you make in your next interaction?
