How to Find Kindness
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Mary could get away with being an awful person because she was a killer sales-person. So when Mary leveled outbursts at some poor soul, her bosses just looked away. As for her coworkers, they kept their distance.
...All but Sandra, who could manage a kind attitude for anyone, Mary included. No real surprise, then, that when Sandra had a personal crisis, who showed up first and helped the most? Right: Mary. Not long after, a new side of Mary emerged at work too. A better side.
This is Howard Butt, Jr., of Laity Lodge. Odd as it seems, the best way to reap kindness, even from rock-hard soil, is to sow kindness in the first place...in the high calling of our daily work.
Never let loyalty and kindness leave you! Tie them around your neck as a reminder. Write them deep within your heart.
Proverbs 3:3
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The Theology of Work Bible Commentary is an in-depth Bible study tool put together by a group of biblical scholars, pastors, and workplace Christians to help you discover what the whole Bible--from Genesis to Revelation--says about work. Business, education, law, service industries, medicine, government--wherever you work, in whatever capacity, the Scriptures have something to say about it. This edition is a one-volume hardcover version.