Grace Linton — Read Your Life Part II
All of us are walking manuals. They are out there in the lives, living, actions, choices, and decisions of all of us.
“Yes, many humans repeat mistakes their ancestors made in the past because they don’t think of the past as a manual,” Grace adds.
“The mother of twenty-five-year-old drunk driver Jamie Komoroski, who killed Samantha Miller on her wedding day, was also involved in a fatal accident that killed a fire fighter ten years earlier. Their lives and actions are manuals,” Shirl educates.
“If you drive drunk, you could kill someone and will end up in prison. And the best part of this equation, you get the results quickly,” Grace adds.
“Oh God!” someone wailed.
“She repeated what her mother did?” someone said.
Nodding, Shirl went on, “Stewart Rhodes, founder of the Oath Keeper got eighteen years in prison for his action on Jan 6 in the US Capital. His life is a manual.”
“He is an idiot!” A voice to the front cried out.
“They got manuals for that too,” a male voice in the center said.
“Military veteran Jessica Watkins, who was involved in the Jan 6 insurrection was sentenced to 8½ years in federal prison. Her life is a manual too,” Shirl went on, Grace smiling at her.
“She was a fool to follow an idiot,” another voice said.
“They have manuals for that too,” someone to the left said.
“Thank god I love to read,” a male voice informs.
“I am glad I obeyed my parents,” a voice nearby adds.
“My parents hide nothing from the five of us. They tell us all the stupid and smart things they did hoping we are listening and learning,” a female at the front shares.
“Mine hide everything and their children end up reliving their mistakes,” a male educates in regret.
“Mother Theresa’s life is a manual. So is Princess Diana, Nelson Mandela, and all the people in our world that made it better,” Shirl explained.
“So, Hitler, Putin and all of the other devils’ lives, are manuals too?” a very tall male stood up sharing.
“I love this way of thinking,” someone comments.
“We all have a manual that we carry around. Some can read their own manuals and fix their lives,” Shirl enlightens.
“And smart people like you can read the manuals of the lives of others and learn from them,” Grace adds.
“Right!” Shirl answers, smiling back at Grace.
“So, mothers have the parenting manuals of their mothers, grandmothers, and other family members to read from,” Grace asked.
“This manual, you don’t have to read. You see the consequences and results in actions and lives as it unfolds around you,” Shirl explains. “In the legacy they leave behind too.
“She is a genius!” someone cried out.
“And the best part,” Shirl explains. “If you are illiterate, you can still read the manuals, by how humans live their lives.”
“Damn this good!” Some said. “It’s like a video of life lived. I like it!”
Shirl and Grace smile extended.
“My friend cheated on her husband, and he left her,” a female to the back shares.
“That manual is everywhere,” a voice in the middle said.
“My cousin cheated on her final exam and lost her scholarship,” someone shares.
“That manual is out there too,” someone interjects.
“A friend stole from her boss and was fired from a damn good job with great benefits,” a male voice adds.
“That manual is out there too.”
“My best friend Hillary is an angel. There is nothing I wouldn’t do for her,” a female close by said.
“That manual is available too,” Grace informs. “Like this young lady said, Whether it is on the news or in the paper. Take the time to read your manual first, then learn from the manual of others.”
Manuals for everything in life we should do and don’t do, want to do, will do, and don’t want to do are out there in the life and living of someone we know. History and our past stores many manuals.
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