Tid Bits!

3/23/2005 7:00 PM Life tends to hand us all a bit of rough edges here and there. Sometimes it's hard to smooth out those edges and sometimes the waters stay rough longer than intended.   Slavery ended many many years ago, yet why do so many still act like slave masters and order people around as if they are inferior human beings. We are not without feelings and no one deserves to be treated as if they are beneath their station in life.   The best way to "get along" or to even obtain forgiveness is simple. All it takes is a simple hug just to say "I'm sorry". It's also a good thing to make sure the hug is genuine and not one of force just to get your way.   Ultimatums do not work in the art of getting someone to listen to what you have to say. If you want someone to listen, perhaps talk to them like a human being with intelligence and feelings and not as if they were an inferior species. What will it hurt to let your feelings be known. If you care enough to make the first move to resolve a conflict then by all means care enough to also make the second one. Sometimes it takes 3 moves before you see positive results.    Remember this! One day you'll need someone to help you and what if that person is your worst enemy? It's best to mend things now then to wait until it's too late.     The end of the world is coming. Do you want to be left out in the cold with no place to go or do you want to make sure that there's always an open door somewhere.     It seems that when life is at stake friends run away and become selfish while enemies open their hearts and their doors to your needs.     Don't ever underestimate the power of asking for forgiveness. Sometimes the worst of enemies become the best of friends. It's true!