Are You “Sick” or Normal?

Without apology and without timidity I declare to you that I have always been one of those people who straighten things up on a table at a restaurant. I take the sweetener holder and put all the colors together by color, all the pinks together, the yellows, the blues and the whites. “Oh! You’re sick! You have OCD, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder!” you say. No, I just believe the Bible when it says things should be “descent and in order.”

Many, many years ago I had just straightened up the sweetener caddy while having dinner with a pastor and his wife and that was her reaction. I had a “disorder.” There was something wrong with me because I thought the caddy should look uniform. I didn’t believe it then and I don’t believe it now. But I had no “science” to back me up until I read a recent article about those people who stack their plates at a restaurant after they finish eating. (Yep, Kathy & I do that too. Sick!) You know, those “evil, sick” individuals who suffer from OCD!

The article said these people have seven traits that set them apart from others:

1. They possess high emotional intelligence – “People who stack their dishes demonstrate an acute awareness of others’ emotional states and work environments.” I think another way of saying it is that they don’t have their head-in-the-clouds and actually notice those around them. (Definitely sick! Who wants to be “intelligent!?”)

2. They’re naturally considerate without expecting recognition – “Their consideration runs on autopilot, not on a reward system.” (Yeah! Who wants to be accused of being considerate!?) These people also hold doors open for others and pick up dropped items for strangers and help without being asked. They feel uncomfortable if they can’t help those around them.

3. They have heightened spatial awareness and organizational thinking – “They can’t help but see the most logical, efficient way to organize physical space. …this trait means they naturally create order that benefits everyone around them.” (Why would you want to benefit others!?)

4. They practice mindfulness in everyday actions – “They’re not rushing to leave or scrolling through their phone while halfheartedly pushing plates aside. The person stacking dishes is likely the same person who actually tastes their food, notices the server’s name tag , and remembers details from conversations.” (Who would want to stop scrolling through their all-important phone to do all that!?”)

5. They value reciprocity and understand service work – “They understand the physical and emotional labor involved in serving others because they’ve been there or deeply respect those who are. They recognize that someone is providing them a service, and they want to give something back, even if it’s just making that person’s job slightly easier.” (These people tend to say. “Thank you!” a lot. Who would to do that!?”)

6. They possess quiet leadership qualities – “Dish stackers rarely announce their actions or seek praise. Yet they often influence others through example. They’re the ones who start cleaning up after office parties without making a fuss. They create positive change through action rather than words.” (Nobody wants to clean up after fellowship. “What do they think I am, I slave?”)

7. They maintain strong boundaries while being helpful – “Here’s what might surprise you: dish stackers aren’t pushovers. They’re not people-pleasers trying to earn approval through excessive helpfulness. They’ll stack dishes but won’t tolerate disrespect from restaurant staff. They’ll help others but won’t enable bad behavior. They’ve learned the crucial difference between being kind and being a doormat. This balance requires significant emotional maturity. They help because they choose to not because they need to.” (Why would anyone want to be accused of being mature!?”)

Liberals, who are truly worthless, self-righteous people, help no one, hate order, consideration and goodness. Therefore years ago they invented “Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder!” so they could defend their lack of character and intimidate normal people into feeling inferior. Remember, these are the people who have a conviction about your garbage and pass laws to make sure you sort it properly. (Talk about Obsessive-Compulsive!)

Look at what they have done to our country. They have left our cities in burned out ruins, killed people publicly, made hatred a virtue and threatened anyone who opposes them. They leave chaos behind. Normal people leave neatness and gratitude behind them.

It’s Liberals who make TV commercials entitled, “How to become your parents” and then mock any kind of kindness or caring. Liberals find morals, honor and courtesy deplorable and seek only to intimidate and bully moral people by fear and intimidation into being as worthless as they are. Liberals destroy everything they control and they try to control us by proclaiming our virtues as defects and our goodness as weakness. They make us want to apologize for doing good things for others.

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder! Is a lie of the devil. If you’ve been intimidated by that imaginary “disorder” break free of liberal intimidation. Quit parroting the talking points of the very people who hate you, your country and your God.

Please understand, I’m not a “Neat Freak.” if you saw my desk or my garage you would know this is true. I don’t have a compulsion to arrange things neatly. But I know that order works better than disorder so why shouldn’t I work for order wherever I go, even if it just having dinner at a restaurant?

I think the people that stack dishes, set things in order and help others are motivated by one characteristic. They view others as better than themselves and they see that what they are doing merits their assistance. Liberals hate any kind of caring or courtesy so they manufacture “disorders” so they can inhibit their natural desire to help people.

My desk and garage will probably always be disheveled messes. But the table I sit at in a restaurant will always be better because I was there. I feel no need of assistance when I’m working but I greatly appreciate the “Invisible People” who serve our tables and mow our grass.

Ask God to help you see the “Invisible People” and then try to make their life a little bit easier. It’s not a sickness or a disorder. It’s called “kindness” and “consideration.” It achieves two things:

1. It lightens the load of someone else’s job. (That’s a bad thing?)

2. It makes you a better person because, in a generation of self-absorbed narcissist individual it takes the emphasis off of you. You’ll be better for that. So will those around you. Is that a bad thing?

The only people that will hate this are the people who love hatred and chaos. Wouldn’t it be nice to know that you upset a Liberal just by being nice?

Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.
Philippians 2:4