Calendar Books by Allen James - Daily Reading

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Waqaa! Camai! Allen James' thought for February 5th comes from ALL "Daily Guide to Success" calendar books...

"Be polite" (James, 2012).


This value, I've come to learn over my past month in remote Southwestern Alaska is not a difficult task at all.  The Eskimo Yup'ik and Cupik whom I've had the opportunity to personally talk with are the most polite I've met in my 54 years breathing life; I'm not using hyperbole here either.  As a people politeness has been ingrained into their belief/value systems to the point the action is as natural as taking a breathe.  Would it had remained with the "melting pot", down under this 49th state.  At one time being polite was instilled in all past generations, however; as we have assimilated into the mixture of a new society over the past century, such character traits have declined with the watering down of our own elders' teachings/modeling.   


Years ago during one of the many times in life I've become frustrated with conforming to a society which appears to have discarded any semblance of what I have been exposed to as a child (which now I realize is simply called "progress") I wrote this poem which encapsulates what I believe is the reason politeness has been thrown out the window for many:

  Untitled - Allen James (1994)

Words, phrases, sights, sounds, pictures.
My brain filled with thoughts, memories,
Intelligence bombarded by reality.
Truth over-whelming fantasy.

Why did life have to get so scary?
Day to day living with no time to tarry.
You take your chances, pay your dues,
Life goes on, everything on cue.

But fate has a way of throwing us curves.
Mom and Dad's teaching now on our nerves.
Bring me some sanity, give me some rest,
And I hope in the end, I pass the last test.

We simply grow weary of abiding by the lessons we've been taught growing up. We feel we're adults now, "Do as I say, not as I do". But the Good Book says "Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it (Proverbs 22:6 KJV).

"And I hope in the end, I pass the last test" the poem ends. Our coming BACK to those character traits which we continue to instill in our children, such as being polite to others, ensures personal success. Remember, in the end good wins out...

Quyana! Be polite please and thank you; and as always, keep looking up. : ) AJ