Retaliate In Kindness

Retaliate In Kindness by Steve Goodier

I heard about a woman who sued her husband for divorce. She told the
judge she had nagged and nagged, but she couldn't get him to do right.

The judge wondered if she had tried using kindness. Referring to the
biblical passage which says that when we show kindness to our enemy it
is like heaping "burning coals on his head," he asked her if she had
tried heaping coals on his head.

She answered, "No, but I don't think it will work. I already tried
scalding water and that didn't do any good." (Ouch!)

Who hasn't felt frustrated with another? Who hasn't wanted to strike
out rather than reach out? But revenge is never as sweet as we imagine
it to be. And besides, when we fight fire with fire, everybody is
likely to get burned.

Next time you get upset try this: retaliate in kindness, not in kind.
Turn your anger into an assault of good will! After all, who can
resist a barrage of kindness?
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Steve Goodier Publisher@LifeSupportSystem.com is a professional
speaker, consultant and author of numerous books. Visit his site for
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