Avoiding anger!
Soul Snack 9/173 ... Healing a heart!
Scathingly thetongue snapped her usual venom. Accustomed as she was to deliveringverbal aggression, the response she received was most unfamiliar.
Theaura of good will nor the mantle of grace had ever shadowed her. Herexistence scaffolded by self-justifying vitriol. 'Reasonableness' hadneither entered her mind nor was part of her vocabulary. Reasonablenessshe too had never received.
A verbal jolt, a responseelectifying in its graciousness immediately snapped her to attention.No cursing present. No vengeance delivered. Her soul very strangelyunassailed. Instantly the unprepared words of re-attack fell from herlips. A moist tongue, now dried!
Ignited within was a newsurprise. Gentleness had brought a calmer state. A soft response hadneutralised the next spray of the returning poison. Rage now subdued bythe respite.
She had no real opponent here. She had suffered deception again in her perceptions.
Peacefulnessnow approached her person. Calm advanced to her soul. Kindness hadassailed her spirit and an unknown thankfulness arose in her heart.