Be Cool to the Pizza Dude

One essay that i read on NPR’s This I Believe page was entitled “Be Cool To The Pizza Dude.”  In this essay, Sarah Adams wrote about life through how you treat the ordinary “pizza dude.”  She states her life philosophy in four main principles.  The first one, “Coolness to the pizza delivery dude is a practice in humility and forgiveness” is all about how we should let the little things, such as getting cut off in traffic, slip by starting with the pizza delivery man.  She makes a point that everyone has had to have a job that is dirty and thankless, so we should start by using the delivery man as our icon to remember to slow down for a minute.  In another one of her main principles, Adams says that “Coolness to the pizza delivery dude is a practice in honor and it reminds me to honor honest work.”  It may sound a little confusing, but the point is simple; we are equal to all people because of the kindness in our heart-and it all starts with the pizza man.

I really liked this essay.  When i read it, it totally inspired me to do these things.  It’s important for us to take a breath and not be so intense about life all the time.  We need to realize that it’s not always all about us, and even when someone else feels that way, maybe we need to be the ones to just say “hey, today is about you and i’m okay with that.”  What goes around comes around, so you can only benefit from doing a nice deed.  if nothing else, you will feel a little better inside about what you did.

Adams, Sarah. “Be Cool To The Pizza Dude.” This I Believe 16/5/05 15/2/07 <http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4651531&gt;.