tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2671700501921327764.post2747960353698559132..comments2019-11-29T20:38:24.652-06:00Comments on The Ultimate Blessing: Why Can't People Just Be Kind?Stacy S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17964698094804267784noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2671700501921327764.post-3697633727257474702013-07-13T16:23:12.839-05:002013-07-13T16:23:12.839-05:00Thanks for your $0.02. Like I said, she takes it ...Thanks for your $0.02. Like I said, she takes it all with grace and maturity. She does NOT think the world is thoughtless or even mean. She doesn't understand what is happening yet. This post was the thoughts that had been troubling me for quite some time. Her hair/appearance is not something we discuss daily. When things get said that hurt her feelings we do not dwell on them. We remind her what God's truth says about her. She is comforted by that and quickly moves on. She holds no ill will for these people. Her feelings are appropriate for her age. They are not thought out and articulated as mine are in this post. I can just see how the words are slowly changing her without her even being aware of it. But, like I said, it is unavoidable. This world will influence my children...for good and for bad! She still looks at the world with joy and loves people! Thanks for your thoughts! Stacy S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17964698094804267784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2671700501921327764.post-42157282364295412392013-07-13T09:06:27.974-05:002013-07-13T09:06:27.974-05:00Well, here is why (some) people can't be kind....Well, here is why (some) people can't be kind.<br /><br />Some can't be kind because they are conditioned to fear change, or difference, and in the case of those who express that in unkind comments, their reaction to that fear is more important than the possibility of hurting someone's feelings.<br /><br />Make sure you let your daughter know that she is not the one in the wrong here. She is a wonderful person, and perhaps you can also take this opportunity to help her to learn compassion for those who haven't got the courage to deal with change as well as she has.<br /><br />You might also want to point out that there may be lots of people who loved her new choice, but didn't say anything.<br /><br />Other people can be kind. Make sure she doesn't come away thinking that the entire world is thoughtless.<br /><br />My $0.02Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com