What is gentle is strong.
Life is full of conceptual separation. There is light, there is dark. Hot and...
What is strong, is weak. People do not respect forceful personalities. Tyrants are quickly plotted against. The spouse who is always trying to control the other partner, is soon abandoned. If you want to have more power in your life, have little impact over others. What? That sounds backwards. It is backwards. Many people think the way to change others way of thinking, is to force your way of life on them. The funny thing is, the very change you want to see in them, is rejected outright and bluntly because you are trying to overcome them by superior force.
No one wants to be over-powered, suffocated and smothered, no matter what it is. We all want oxygen. We need time to grow, to digest information that may be new and challenging to our way of thinking. If someone told us all of our flaws, even if they were perfectly truthful, it would crush us. We need time to smooth out our imperfections, and help to strengthen our weaknesses. Kind people are powerful, encouraging, and confident people. Be quiet and soothing when around others. Any fool can be loud;it takes someone with dignity to be there for others.
