Essential space for healthy living.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?
From Lifesupport.
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