Why do people have the need to stare? Not just take a quick look or glance, but flat out stare. I see people doing this all the time when I'm out in public, particularly to me. This just happened recently… Sunday I, along with my family were out eating and as we were leaving, I turned back and saw this person staring and instantly I knew he was talking about me or us, because the others were also staring. Now you might think this is just all in my mind and that I'm imagining these things but I know that I'm being stared at. Maybe you think that I have a problem with my ego and think I’m high and mighty but It's not hard to notice when some is looking directly at you while their eyes follow as you move. Then you might say that maybe just it's the way I look or act that is attracting the attention, but this shouldn't be the reason either. I look like the average person, not too ugly but not too beautiful either. I DO have to say I don’t dress like the average person, I dress MODESTLY. I wear dresses, skirts and I Do Not reveal myself to anyone but my husband. I believe in always looking my best when in public, I represent my husband and my children and most importantly I represent My GOD! Is they why people stare? I walk like the average person, nothing to crazy or unusual that would draw attention. I am confident in myself. I do hold my head up. I am not stuck-up or conceited, or think of myself better than the next person. There is a difference between confidence and conceitedness. Oh, and I am Fluffy, I might add. =)
The other day I saw someone staring at me as if they wanted to kill me. At first I wasn't completely sure that they were looking at me, but when I took a second glance I saw that their eyes were still locked on me and the closer they got the angrier they looked. I had no idea who this person was; I had never seen them before in my life, so I was totally confused as to why they were staring at me like that. Then when the person finally walked passed me they actually turned their head to continue staring at me. At this point I busted out laughing, the look this person had on their face was just too funny. Now that kind of thing isn't normal, usually it's just 5 to 10 seconds of staring. But in the world we live in no one really smiles anymore. I like to smile, I try to smile all the time especially when I greet people and that can make a person’s day, now for some, it doesn’t faze them! They are always grumpy and that’s how they like it! LOL!
So why is that these people insist on staring, Curiosity? Could it be that they do because they are insecure about themselves or they need to know what everyone else looks like in order to make sure they look better or to make sure that they fit in. Then again maybe I'm wrong, maybe because of intimidation, they want to give that stern look and try to bring you down with a stare? I don’t really know. Maybe because they see JESUS in my life and they sit in wonder and unintentionally stare? Could be that they long for the joy, the peace, the happiness that Jesus gives me, that smile he paints on my face! Or just the Light of His Glory that lives within me~ the Holy Ghost! I don’t have the “holier than thou” attitude. That to me, just makes people RUN away from any type of religion. So, I just smile and greet people as much as I possibly can. At times I catch myself thinking to hard and I can imagine what people think when they actually see me in this mode.
Saying all of this… if it were not for JESUS in my life I probably would’ve already have gone up to these people and gouge someone's eyes out just to teach the person staring at me a lesson and permanently blind them! =) So word to the wise, if you stare, stop doing it because you never know when the next person you stare at might just finally lose it. That would be me without Jesus in my life....But if people do stare… give them a smile and greet them you never know what kind of day they might be having or what situations that they may be facing. SMILE!
