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Looking at the Future Me?

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by Cowboy Bob Sorensen 

Many people know the truism about being good to other people, you do not know what they may be going through. (That helps curb judgmental attitudes.) I hope that people will be considerate because of my apparently stupid actions because of bereavement.

Holding the two items I needed, I stood in the line for the self checkout. There was an old man at one of them who was moving mighty slow. I passed up a chance to move to a line with a cashier. He had to be done in a minute, right? Not hardly!

Living in a fallen, sinful world causes frustration among other things. Waiting for an old man at the self checkout caused some thoughtful moments.
Self checkout, Flickr / pin add (CC by 2.0) (modified with FotoSketcher)
As I gaped in frustration, I had time to think. It struck me that this could be me in twenty years. Would I be moving so slowly? Mayhaps it was from pain, lethargy, or something else. Was he a widower like myself? If so, had come to terms with his loss? When a kiosk opened up for me, I got through it quickly enough but I think he was still there when I left.

Expressing irritation at people like that can serve no purpose except to make the one doing the expressing look like a jerk. Also, God doesn't like it. The old man was created in the Imago Dei. Whatever his issue was, it was the result of living in a fallen, sinful world. Like my issues.