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Doing What is Right — Even in the Face of Unjust Treatment — is Always the Safest Path to Walk
A classic tale (and a great encouragement to keep doing the right thing!) from the consummate storyteller, Ken Sande: “When John’s wife, Karen, divorced him and moved in with her high school sweetheart, John was devastated, especially when his church refused to do anything to try to save their marriage. But he drew on God’s grace and resisted the temptation to give in to self-pity or bitterness. He refused to criticize Karen, especially in front of their children. He bent over backwards to accommodate their every-changing visitation schedule. Most of all, he continued to pray for Karen, and whenever they talked with each other, he asked God to help him speak…
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Which was worse? A woman praying LOUDLY on a plane (and then negating everything she prayed by her words and actions) OR barefeet toes wrapped around a center armrest?
As a million miler frequent flyer, I really thought I had seen everything possible on commercial air flights. But today’s flight topped them all … Just moments after the flight attendant moved past row 3 on a (TINY, 2×2 configuration, NO personal space at all) CRJ200, a woman stood up in the aisle, removed her shoes, wrapped her barefeet TOES around the center armrest, and began to do a series of yoga moves. Barefeet toes! Armpits going over other travelers! I was completely shocked. But my sister and her Fred were unimpressed when I told them the story later this evening. “That was your flight to Berkeley/San Francisco, right? Yeah. Totally normal.…
