There's often nothing sweeter to the ear than a thoughtful "please" or "thank you." Plenty of other opportunities arise throughout our day when some good Southern charm and manners can go a long way.
On being out in public:
"Always remember - Mom and God are watching you."
"A girl can fool some of the people all of the time and all of the people some of the time - but she can never expect to fool her Heavenly Father any of the time."
"If you don't remember you manners, everyone else will."
5 Fundamentals of Good Manners:
- Be humble: Others first, yourself last. Self-denial and deference to others ["After you"] are the cornerstone of good manners, acting selfish or uppity is not. This commandment is indisputably rooted in the Bible Belt theology ["The first shall be last, and the last shall be first"].
- Be Courteous: Remember the Golden Rule. Go out of your way to be helpful and kind to everyone you encounter.
- Behave Yourself: Don't be uncouth, rude, brash, loud, coarse, or cause a commotion in public [...unless absolutely necessary. Joking, of course]. Only trashy types do such things ... and obviously this is because they weren't raised to know better.
- Be Friendly: Put your friendliest foot forward, whether you've been properly introduced or don't know the person from a hole in the ground [or from Adam, as my mama likes to say]. Be sociable and neighborly, just like you learned in Sunday School ["Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself"].
- Be Modest: Never be highfalutin'. Practice modesty in all situations. "Why, shucks, I guess I was in the right place at the right time" would work just fine upon learning that you had won the Pulitzer Prize. "Of course I won it, I deserve to" would absolutely categorize you as too big for your britches.
Byh,
Lorin
[Image via: Party Perfect]
1 comments:
Love it. Will practice at home.
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