One day, a man and his ever wife with an inflammatory mouth were on
holiday in Jerusalem, when the wife unexpectedly died. The funeral company
informed the husband that it would cost $45000 to transport her home or $500 if
her burial would be taken in Jerusalem. The husband responded “ship her home.”
Taken aback, the embalmer asked, “But sir, why don't you bury her in the Holy
Land and save the money?” The man countered, “Ages ago, a Man was buried here
and 3 days after, he rose from the dead ... I can’t take the opportunity!.”
See! How human finds it objectionable when it comes to someone
who’s with rabble-rousing jaws.
Blaming God for own misdemeanor than taking
steps to change
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte, recognized for his
cursing-loaded speeches, has pointed the finger at God for his foul language.
When asked by the media whether he needs to change his style of functioning and
speaking, Duterte straightforwardly replied: [1]
"Look, I served as prosecutor for 10 years. I survived 40
years in politics and I did not take any defeat, from vice mayor all the way to
Malacañang. Why should I change? Change is for the corrupt. Don't include me
there. Why should I change? God made me the way I am. God gave me this
identity. God gave me this mouth because they say we are the creations of God.
If you have something against me, about my mouth, about my character, go to God
and complain. He was the one who made me. He is the one to be blamed not me.
Congress earlier said that his foul mouth is wrecking the
Philippine economy, and his allies even advised him to keep his mouth shut and
open it only after he have learned to talk like a president.
“Nothing is so strong as gentleness
nothing so gentle as real strength.” - Saint Francis de Sales
It’s more difficult to be quiet sometimes than it is to be loud.
It takes much more strength to respond in gentleness to provocation, than to
“contend” in anger. Who has more control - a person heatedly shoving his/her
opinion on another or one who speaks humbly and gently and influences not by
force but by persuasion?
Where anger explodes, gentleness pacifies. Where anger is a
bursting flame, gentleness is a gentle rain. Where anger contends itself and
crushes, gentleness hugs and appeases.
A gentle person is a meek person. Most people think that a gentle
person is a weak person, but it is just the opposite. So as to be truly gentle
and that does not mean soft or sentimental, one must be strong. Only strong
individuals can be gentle, because gentleness restrains strength by love.[3]
Hence, gentleness can achieve, can conquer, not just people but
nations; all the great apostles of history, beginning with Jesus,[3] were
so effective in winning the hearts of men because they were. (Matthew 11:29)
No one is born with a cussing mouth but everyone ends up with such
an identity through environmental influence.
Of course it’s not an overnight process to change a mouth that
cusses for forty years in politics, but it takes a heart to transform a bad
habit.
At home, or anybody’s home, no one could say that fire-raising
mouth is friendly no one could say that fire-raising mouth is friendly, welcoming manner and respectable but rather a severe, rough,
or violent, which creates discord than harmony. How much when it comes to
politics which handle not only one family but the entire country.
Everyone benefits from being gentle than otherwise. Gentleness is
particularly significant for the president, who is the heart of the government,
and who sets the tone of the society’s mood. A president’s gentleness, his
genial statements can make a huge difference in the behavior of the
government’s members who has been into the violence of corruption and law
breaking for repeated centuries. Marcos did not control corruption
through violent martial law either. Thus violence is not the ultimate
key.
In gentleness there is actually strength and power, the power of
love, which is like an attractive and fertile field where the seeds of Truth
can grasp. There is great strength, potential and power in gentleness, indeed.
A challenge to contemplate:
Proverbs 15:1-2 A mild answer calms wrath,
but a harsh word stirs up anger. The tongue of the wise pours out knowledge,
but the mouth of fools spurts forth folly.
How many of you would
confidently say that an inflammatory mouth helps the family to be beautifully
bonded towards harmony and ease? How did it help you to have a healthy
conversation?
References:
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/god-gave-me-this-mouth-dutertes-response-when-asked-about-expletive-laden-speeches-1598621
[2] Margareth Barahan, Duterte: Complain to God if
you have something against my mouth, character, INQUIRER.net / 08:08 PM
December 29, 2016,
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/857788/duterte-complain-to-god-if-you-have-something-against-my-mouth-character
[3] T. Thomas “The Power of
Gentleness”,
http://www.integratedcatholiclife.org/2016/12/tthomas-the-power-of-gentleness/
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