Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. ( The Bible )
... or as my wife likes to say: "Punish them with kindness".
Do we in our enlightened society, in a time when to do all the "world peace" at all such wisdom from the old book? Is not long ago everyone knew that lasting peace is not to obtain with the multiplication of reprisals?
know we thought that - and point the finger at the world's political hotspots, such as the Middle East.
Only: Am I really that much better than there? What if my daughter is driving to distraction? I will defeat evil with good, or rather I will not even "evil"?
This is the principle of "overcome evil with good" (or: "Punish them with kindness) not something like a fabric softener recipe a seemingly perfect world in which all are nice to each other. It is not about evil to find. Also not a cheap "forget it". And certainly not wrong not to name.
What we must learn the principle, affects less the other person, but ourselves:
- I give a conflict of power over me? I let myself from the negative feelings dominate, or I find another way?
- let myself be lured into aggression and become even aggressive? Or do I say to myself: "Stop, you do not have to get in on not getting involved up there."
- Have I the inner strength to break the downward spiral?
Whether it's foreign countries, or family members who are in conflict with each other - this biblical principle could do much to defuse. If following further aggression aggression, it quickly out of the proverbial mouse once an elephant. However, if we try to respond to evil with good, can often be a serious conflagration can be prevented.
the principle I have in family life itself, "test": If I yell back in the conflict, the chaos expands further, the mood is down and falling. If I succeed to stay calm, maybe even take my daughter in his arms to show understanding, the crying child can suddenly calm voice explaining what oppresses it. One more time: It's not about just love and to be nice. Just as a father so I will not be fooled by the children on the nose. But it's about the "weapons of aggression" with the "weapons of love" to exchange.
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