FReeper Canteen ~ Sunday Chapel ~ IN GENTLENESS THERE IS STRENGTH ~ 25 August 2013

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[Kathy in Alaska]

 

 

 

 

IN GENTLENESS THERE IS STRENGTH

The parents were devastated. Their young adopted daughter had died in an unusual accident. She suffocated when the drawstring on the hood of her jacket became caught in a playground slide. It was later learned their child was not the first to die this way. Design flaws in both the hood and the slide made this an accident waiting to happen.

Some people might have viewed this tragedy as an opportunity to sue the two major corporations for a lucrative settlement. The parents, however, refused. In an interview, the mother said she would have seen any remuneration as "blood money." She and her husband believed the leaders of the two companies never intended to harm her child or any other child. Instead of a lawsuit, the parents appealed to the clothing and slide manufacturers to correct the design flaws which had led to the death of their daughter. Both companies took immediate action. Today the parents are leaders in a campaign to promote child safety, and the companies involved have contributed substantially toward their cause.

It is not always wrong to sue. There are times when it is the prudent thing to do. It seems, however, that our society has become increasingly litigious, suing without discretion for profit and personal gain. In light of today’s litigious climate, one cannot help but be moved by the choice of these parents not to sue. Instead they chose a "higher ground", earning not only the willing cooperation of both companies, but strong allies in their campaign to promote child safety as well. We might say they took the "pure, peaceable and gentle way" described in the third chapter of James in the Christian scriptures (James 3:17) as opposed to the adversarial way offered them by the courts. An ancient Native American saying reads, "In gentleness there is great strength". Dag Hammarskjold, former Secretary General to the United Nations and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, put it this way, "Nothing is so strong as gentleness, and nothing so gentle as true strength". In the end, the gentle, peaceable way of these parents demonstrated the greater strength and wisdom.

CAPT Jane F. Vieira, CHC, USN

 

[Kathy in Alaska]

A Blessed Lord’s Day to you and yours, Cindy.

Thanks for the links.

Rain off and on yesterday, but blue sky all day today.

Hope your growing season is going well.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening/morning, E...((HUGS))...hope you and Bo had a great Sunday.

A Blessed Lord’s Day to you and yours.

[Kathy in Alaska]

WOW! What a beautiful grotto...your Hamilton Pool. It is stunning.

Thanks, Meg, for the prayers for our protectors.

A Blessed Lord’s Day to you and yours.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening/morning, Arrowhead...hope you got some showers.

A Blessed Lord’s Day to you and yours.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning, tx...((HUGS))

How are things in Belgium? Are you into the fall yet?

Doing reporting?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, unique, for the troops.

tx.....#50!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Amazing Grace! How sweet the sound....

Thanks, Mac....beautiful hymn.

[MEG33]

Thank you so much dear (((Kathy)))

[SoldierDad]

So, Robert is home, and no longer in the Army. While a relief, it’s a shame how much the military has screwed him and other soldiers over under the Obozo admin. On the move out inspection of the post housing he was charged for spray painting the washing machine (it had a small amount of rust on the outside) and for new carpeting, despite it being in as good of shape as when they moved in.

[Kathy in Alaska]

I must say I am not surprised. obummer is bound and determined to destroy our honorable3 military. How soon will there be no honorable brass left?

Is he already set up for the National Guard?

[SoldierDad]

He said that he has applied for the Guard in Georgia, and will start with them when he arrives there next month. He’s awaiting his car to arrive in Richmond by ship.