Reflections on being stood up by three different people who had made appointments to view our rental house

Consideration,

in your calculus,

may not be something that you owe

to strangers —

People you have never met

and may never need to meet,

if you turn out

to not require their services.

And maybe those who have it

know it’s more of something

that you owe yourself —

Integrity in how you interact with others.

I, too, was young once,

and inconsiderate,

and never wrote to thank

the lady who once put me up,

and then sent me a gift,

and I never replied.

I think I thought it didn’t really matter

since she was old

and likely soon to die.

©Wendy Mulhern

February 1, 2013