Comments on: For All Mankind http://authorjasongarrett.com/forallmankin/ Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 21 Dec 2011 08:15:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Jason http://authorjasongarrett.com/forallmankin/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Jason Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:13:08 +0000 http://authorjasongarrett.com/?p=193#comment-12 Mrs. Duck, Thanks for the insight. : ) Maybe I'm delusional, but I tend to think that being a better example can also influence the behavior of a problematic person. It's like a ripple effect. If we're honoring 'right' in one situation, someone else might take notice and honor it in some other capacity. Sometimes seeing someone being what you aspire to become makes all the difference.... Mrs. Duck,

Thanks for the insight. : ) Maybe I’m delusional, but I tend to think that being a better example can also influence the behavior of a problematic person. It’s like a ripple effect. If we’re honoring ‘right’ in one situation, someone else might take notice and honor it in some other capacity. Sometimes seeing someone being what you aspire to become makes all the difference….

]]> By: Julie Duck http://authorjasongarrett.com/forallmankin/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Julie Duck Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:21:58 +0000 http://authorjasongarrett.com/?p=193#comment-11 I think that all too often, kids are left to their own devices because the parents are too busy. Or maybe they don't care. In any case, nothing justifies a lack of graciousness and a sense of empathy. This seems to be lacking/waning with each generation and it is sad to see good, decent people being harmed because someone operates from their id and ego. At the same time, the desire to lash out and raise a fist at kids like that only fuels the negativity that probably made the kids act out. It's like a circle of viciousness. In this case, turning the other cheek can do every individual a lot of good. This isn't to say that we should ignore the wrong-doings of people or allow ourselves to be trampled upon by the ill conduct of others. I believe that when we stop concentrating on the bad-bad-bad of the way things appear, we can begin to bring something positive not only into our own life, but the lives of others. In essence, we are opening the way for good things to happen by not blocking our own way. - Julie I think that all too often, kids are left to their own devices because the parents are too busy. Or maybe they don’t care. In any case, nothing justifies a lack of graciousness and a sense of empathy. This seems to be lacking/waning with each generation and it is sad to see good, decent people being harmed because someone operates from their id and ego. At the same time, the desire to lash out and raise a fist at kids like that only fuels the negativity that probably made the kids act out. It’s like a circle of viciousness. In this case, turning the other cheek can do every individual a lot of good. This isn’t to say that we should ignore the wrong-doings of people or allow ourselves to be trampled upon by the ill conduct of others. I believe that when we stop concentrating on the bad-bad-bad of the way things appear, we can begin to bring something positive not only into our own life, but the lives of others.

In essence, we are opening the way for good things to happen by not blocking our own way.

- Julie

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