Love Thy Neighbors

I'm sure God understood that this commandment was going to be extremely difficult. Especially for me. He created us. He knows we're difficult. He knows I'm impatient with others.

Our "new" neighbors (they've been there for a few months now) are a little obnoxious. They tend to park on our yard (which may or may not be a mistake) and can be generally disrespectful.

Last night, I was trying to go to sleep and could hear our neighbors goofing off outside. Granted, it wasn't really late (it was nearly 10pm), but I was annoyed because I haven't been sleeping well and work has been crazy. I started to talk about them and Evan said, "Carla, just breathe" and made the international sign of taking a relaxing breath. The problem is that I am not a "breathe out" person. I am a hold my breath and count to ten so you don't punch the person in the face kind of person. I'm uptight. I'm impatient. I expect people to show respect for others and get annoyed when they don't.

This is why we have the neighbors we do. I'm convinced that God is trying to make me a "breathe out" kind of person.