Does anyone here remember when you were a little kid and someone called you a name and the next thing you know you were in a name-calling contest? Who wins the contest? It was usually the person who has the last word in the conversation.

Well, when you become an adult, name-calling gets replaced by online flames. And, those tend to be hard to put out once they get started. It is not easy to gracefully exit a raging online flame.

Today, I went to the Post Office and received a letter which attacked me for trying to be helpful. It was the equivalent of being slapped in the face for offering to do a good deed. My first thought was, "How dare you speak to me in this manner when I am offering to help you? What's wrong with you, anyway?" But then, I reflected back on my little kid days and the name-calling and more recently online flame experiences.

Guess what I realized? I realized I do NOT have to feed into this negativity. There is absolutely nothing to gain from attempting to win an argument when the people you are dealing with demonstrate they do not care about you. There is absolutely nothing to win when people do not care who you are and what you have to offer.

In the Bible, it tells us Jesus left Nazareth because the people there did not have faith in who Jesus said he was. Jesus went elsewhere and found caring people.

Does it matter that you surround yourself with caring people? That is to say, does it matter that you surround yourself with people who encourage you and try to bring out the best you have to offer? Or, is it irrelevant? Well, I think this is such a huge issue that it can transform any human being's life...one way or the other.

Any rose garden folks on this network? For those not acquainted with the magic of rose gardening, it matters how you prune rose bushes. It you prune them properly, rose bushes will bloom for you ALL season long. But, if you do it wrong, or you simply ignore the rose bushes altogether, you could end up with no roses at all.

Well, I think people are lot like roses. Knowing how to care for people can make all the difference in the beauty that surrounds your life. And, that is why I have decided to seek out caring people...wherever I can find them.

Lamar Morgan
CDMM - Synergistic Business Marketing
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