A Lesson in Restraint

A local business owner got the amazing news that he had a grandchild, he was over the moon and he called together his employees to share with them the good news. After all, they were kind of like family. He noticed that one of his employees, a manager, seemed particularly moved by the news and he said to him, "It's so nice, what's going on?" The fellow says to him, "You don't remember what happened less than a year ago?" He says, "No, what are you referring to?" He says, "Remember we were at this particular event and someone came over to me and publicly shamed me and I was so humiliated and I was so hurt and then you came over to me and you said, 'Don't respond, don't respond and please channel the holiness of the moment of not responding as a zchus as a merit that my daughter should have a baby.'" And you did. Yeah, I do remember that. That's amazing. Do you know when that happened? The business owner says, "When exactly?" The fellow pulls out his phone. It was 9 months and 5 days to the day of when he had channeled the zchus of remaining silent, of not responding as a merit for this fellow's daughter to have a baby and it had come true almost with perfection. When we don't respond, when we seal our lips, when we walk away from hurt and humiliation, it creates incredible power. That moment can be channeled for amazing things. Next time someone says something that's a little bit hurtful, don't respond, restrain.