I’m always right just ask me…

Once I had a business partner who made life miserable for me. He and I were at each others throats most of the time. I would explain my position and he would explain his which was opposite of mine and neither of us would give an inch. This went on for about a year and resulted in much consternation for both of us. There came a day whereby I tried to resolve the problem once and for all. I initiated negotiations through a letter and he responded. This went back and forth as it had before until finally he wrote something that opened my eyes. He said Bob we agree on 98% of every issue, in fact there are just two issues that we disagree, so one might say we get along famously because no one ever agrees on everything.



This struck a chord with me. I realized that there was little or actually no hope of ever winning him over to my position on those two issues and vice versa. Our situation had deteriorated to a seriously low ebb and major problems were beginning to occur within our business because of it. In effect we settled our problems that day by agreeing to disagree on those subjects without losing civility between us. I became much happier after this lesson and so did he and our business immediately benefited from it.



Something similar happened recently with one of our Presidents top advisors and me. I wrote to him and was upset that the President had observed Ramadan in the White House. I quipped that the President would never have observed the Lords Supper in the White House and the President was selling out to the Arabs. He wrote me a long letter explaining the Presidents motives and reasoning. I did not get won over, but remembered my encounter and do not hold it against the President. Although I cannot agree with President Bush on that issue, I agree with him on practically everything else. He is a good man with good ideas and is good for this country in spite of the fact that there are a couple of issues upon which we disagree. Honorable people can disagree and be reasonable about it without disliking or hating each other and/or questioning the other partys character or motives. I also have to consider the remote possibility that maybe it is I that is wrong! Could it be? Naw…



Now if the rest of the world could just learn those lessons…





Proverbs 3:13

Happy is the man who finds

wisdom,

And the man who gains

understanding…





How well do you know the Bible?

Jesus wants everyone to get along. In fact He blessed the peacemakers and stated that they shall be called _________________? What?

Matt. 5:9

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