the art of greeting

this is genuine advice to all of those i met

and was disappointed by the way they greeted me.

it is very easy:

it is not rocket science, all you need to do is smile,

say hi and look the person you are greeting in the eye.

before moving your head the other way and having your eye balls dance in panic,

wait until you hear the person answer your typical "how are you?" question

if you do not care about listening to the answer, then do not ask it.

do not ask how are you?

if you really do not care to know

and do not run away until you said something like:

"bye"

"see you soon"

"it was nice to meet you"

or the simple ;

"excuse me"

what happened to the gentle men of the world?

are there no more ladies in this universe?

is everyone too cool to care?

to say the simple hello nicely?

even if you do not like the person.

say hello politely.

wait and focus and say hello.

a good greeting is all people ask of you.

it makes a huge difference.

that is all you owe the world.

you owe it to God to say hello to his people nicely.

according to the teachings of my religion,

saying hi or hello to people is something for God

the rest of most social obligations is optional.

all religious teachings encourage good greeting.

you do not need to be religious at all to know about

the ways of good greeting.

you will not be thought of as fake.

you do not have to hug the person you hate.

all you have to do is say hello with grace.

say hello with guts.

say hello with politeness.

say hello with your back straight.

say hello with a clear voice.

say hello and listen back.

say hello that is it.

just say hello, but with class.

last night it was shocking to see all these people who lost the simple skill of good greeting

So many people for some reason are incapable of good greeting.

are they insecure?

are they sad?

do they hate you?

is it beyond their social intelligence?

is it not part of their emotional intelligence?

we will never know.

but they owe it to the world to say hello nicely.

with class!

with courtesy!

greeting is an art.

although i thought it was common sense.

turns out so many people have no idea,

about the importance of good greeting.

say hello,

say hi, say shalom, say salam, say sawadika, say namaste , but say it like a gentle man,

like a lady, like the person you think you are,

you will not lose anything if you say it from your heart.

that split second of focus will make the difference

you will still be cool

you won't waste too much time

you will still be respected

and they will not say "look at the crazy person who says hello nicely"

there is nothing to be shy about.

you will still have your clothes o.n

it is not like you will be risking a broken heart.

all you need to do is say hello like you mean it.

say hello because its always good to be good.

it is never wrong or bad to say hello.

just say hello from your heart.

or do not say anything at all.

wishy washy hellos with eyes drifting away and soft hand shakes

that slide through the palm of your hands suck on all levels.

men who have no will to stand up when meeting a lady do not deserve her hand to shake, and

ladies who are too distracted to focus when saying the simple hello are not worth the energy of the spoken hello word

but in the end hello is for God

so I will keep saying hello from my heart

although so many will fail to say hello back in a genuine way

let them be distracted, although it is so easy to say it right.

say hello from your heart

and listen when your friend says hello back

God is in the word and act