re: "...Too often, by reacting to the treatment we receive, rather then choosing how we will act when the initiative is ours, we compound someone else’s error rather then creating our own good.”
Wow. I like the way he puts this. So if someone mistreats us, we could strike back, which simply could start another round of attack and counter-attack.
Instead, Greenleaf recommends responding with goodness.
To me he's extending the idea of "Love your enemy." The negative cycle can be broken, and a positive one might begin.
Chris,
Thanks for the thought. For me, its often enough to even manage to try and ignore my enemy and simply go on with life on the course I can choose to set, rather then getting diverted. I think the Buddhist concept of "loving kindness" gets at that idea also.
Tom
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