The Split Second-In Consideration of Others in These Trying Times

I am working on the publicity of my book, The Split Second:  In Consideration of Others or Look Up from the Phone and How to Deal with Rudeness in Others, and as I stated before, this is the most difficult part of getting this book out to the world but I have not given up yet and do not intend to do so. I saw a quote on Linked In that reads, “If your book is true then there is a place for it in the world.

As I write in the title, these are trying times for us all throughout the world; I have great faith that we will get through this and I hope we have learned something by the events of the last months.  My heart goes out to all of those who are facing financial hardship during this crisis.

I want to touch upon the subject of consideration of others yet again (but then that is the main subject of my book) but how that  notion might apply to these trying times. I suspect that very few people enjoy the practices of putting on masks, applying hand sanitizer to their hands constantly, and washing hands over and over. We do need to do this for consideration of others which would include taking a split second to think about and not be so wrapped up in our own world.

In “The Split Second . . .,” I include a chapter on “ The Noise Factor” where I ask the reader to be aware and even concerned about the noise he/she makes at various times of the day especially when that noise bothers other people. I am dealing with a tough situation right now which I will survive but presently it causes a bit of grief in my life  I live in a small townhouse community where I own my townhouse; the two gentlemen who live next door are renting.  I have had to put up with continuing noise from them anytime day or night. One has a “business” which I know nothing about but it must be some type of “workshop activity” as I call it because I hear hammering, drilling, tools being thrown at the common wall and various machines. This “work” is performed in their Master Bedroom and a wall separates that bedroom from my Master Bedroom. Several pleadings with them, their landlady with whom I used to be particularly good friends, and even the City of Pasadena have done me no good whatsoever. One of the gentlemen, said to me when I went to talk with him about it, “the walls are thin, and we have to do what we have to do” and he showed no empathy, concern, or consideration. The landlady sided with them as if I had insulted them. I have called the Pasadena Police on them five times.

 If it is not the “workshop” activity, then it is their Surround System which makes the walls between us pound like a loud heartbeat. I find that I go up and down stairs continuously to get away from where the source of the din may be at a given moment. I should not have to do this at all; I should be able to live in my home with some sort of peace. In apartments, condominiums, and townhouses, it would be very considerate and kind to give some thought of one’s neighbors. Many of us are now home almost constantly throughout the day and night. I wake up very early in the morning, most mornings,  and I like to put on the television on as I lie in bed.  But, I make sure the volume is at a level where it will not absolutely bother neighbors on either side of me.  I wish the gentlemen next door would think about that when their noise awakens me anytime during sleeping hours.

Yes, we are going through difficult times and as I said before, I am not a saint or simply an absolutely wonderful person altogether, but I think each one of us needs to think of others during any time in our lives.  By the way,  the landlady in question mocked my concept of “In Consideration of Others.”  In the end, I really feel for her.