A Friend's Philosophy

Because the world’s been rough on me

Is really no excuse
For me to put back in the world
Reciprocal abuse.
 
There’s no need to snap at the clerk
Whose check-out line is slow,
Simply because I’m in a rush
With places I must go.
 
The server in the restaurant
Is not who I should blame
If it seems everything today
Has gone up in a flame.
 
Because I feel like I could scream,
Does not mean that I should.
My co-workers are not at fault
If my day’s not been good.
 
A friend expressed this thought to me,
When her day blew apart.
I thought it was a lesson that
I too could take to heart.