This observation actually made me sad. So I'm sorry for sharing it.
Scene one:
I was in the airport and my flight was beginning its pre-boarding process. An older--but not super frail--woman approached the counter and sat in the wheelchair. The stewardess (who was preparing to load an old blind man into said wheelchair) was a bit taken aback and started to explain to the woman that she could use the chair but would need to wait. The woman didn't seem to understand how it could not be her turn. "Come on! You're supposed to be moving!" After a short argument, the woman finally gave her seat--begrudgingly--to the old blind man.
Really?
Scene two:
On the plane as people are finding their seats. A woman taps the man in front of her on the shoulder. She explains that her daughter is sitting in the row in front of her (next to the man) and asks if he would be willing to trade seats so that the girl (who might have been 12) wouldn't have to sit by herself. The man shakes his head and sits in his assigned seat, saying, "No, actually, I prefer the window seat." The woman and her daughter are stuck in separate rows.
...Really?
Sometimes I forget, but this was a good reminder of the pitifully selfish human nature Christ has freed me from and I fight against. God, give me strength to not give into it. I don't want people to look at me, as I looked at these people today, and say, "Geez. What a jerk."
ajr
