I have a friend who is the young mother of two active toddlers. She posted this on her facebook page a few weeks ago:
Wow! What an amazing gift that sweet lady gave my friend! Instead of becoming angry or indignant, she took it all in stride. She didn't rail at my friend and tell her what a horrible mother she was, or how she ought to watch her son more carefully, or anything like that. Her response softened the blow and gave my friend the gift of encouragement to change her perspective on what was certainly already an embarrassing and difficult situation.
I imagine the world would be quite a different place if we would all give gifts like that at every opportunity.
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"But at least the lady was sweet about it. She just said, "wow, I think I have enough to do a whole load."
Wow! What an amazing gift that sweet lady gave my friend! Instead of becoming angry or indignant, she took it all in stride. She didn't rail at my friend and tell her what a horrible mother she was, or how she ought to watch her son more carefully, or anything like that. Her response softened the blow and gave my friend the gift of encouragement to change her perspective on what was certainly already an embarrassing and difficult situation.
I imagine the world would be quite a different place if we would all give gifts like that at every opportunity.
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aww what a sweet lady!! i will have to remember this for next time something similar happens to me - think about how the other person feels that it happened instead of worrying about myself especially if it's something that doesn't really matter like laundry detergent getting spilled on my shirt :)
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