Tuesday, November 19, 2013

The Kindness of Withholding Comment

"Choose being kind over being right, and you'll be right every time."
― Richard Carlson

This morning, a friend of mine shared that her husband had taken their daughter to the hospital last night because of a minor stomach issue.  I asked her why he had not gone to the urgent care center that is about a block from their house.  "That is what I told him when he got home!" she said.  She went on to tell me that her husband had been none too pleased when she brought it up after he had come back home with his daughter.  Her husband questioned the point of her commenting after he had gotten the little girl treated.  Even though I shared my friend's reaction to her husband's choice, I had to agree with her husband. 
 
And it got me thinking...  How often do we make a comment that is no longer relevant?  The kind of comment that only seems to say, "I'm right" or "I could have done it better."  What if we took a moment to be kind instead of getting in the last word?

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