Ang Libro ng KJ

Reprove #34

Reconciliation.

Some people know how to do this. Some don't.

Reconcile. 

When I was a kid, I was very short-tempered. Really short.

Say something I don't like, I will snap at you.

Say something irritating, I will shout at you.

Be annoying, I'll scream at you.

It was later on, I grew up a bit, I realized how others reacted to that.

I hurt them, emotionally or something.

They probably hated me, or did whatever it takes to avoid me.

I went to this seminar, and I learned a mantra.

"Understand."

Everytime I'm about to snap, I would chant that word in my head. 

Understand. Understand. Understand.

Why do they say that? Why do they become angry at me? Why am I being reprimanded?

There are answers. I accepted them. I understood. And because I understood, I responded differently.

Instead of snapping and shouting, I think. I nodded and I accepted the truth.

The truth? I was wrong. That's the hardest thing to admit, we humans.

What's even harder? Accept the consequences and the challenge of change. 

From then on, up to now, in everything, I always seek to understand before reacting, or responding, or giving feedback.

It was the right thing to do. 

Don't react, when you don't know the facts.

Don't respond, when you're not involved.

Get real.

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