Venom and Diamonds

            I know a few people who can wear diamonds and look beautiful, act beautiful, and never blink an eye when they shove their dessert fork in your heart in the middle of a swanky affair and turn it twice. I think it takes some training to be so cold and venomous. 

            This morning I had to tell a friend that a suggested health practitioner was not the one he wanted, because I once worked for this person and the experience was much less than palatable.

            What I think the lesson is for me: Don't treat people badly. I don't want to spread terrible things about anyone. But I also don't want a friend to be treated by a person who would treat me badly without blinking an eye. That doesn't bode well for the level of authenticity I think a medical practitioner needs to have to treat people with heartfelt needs. 

            My lesson is simple today. Treat people--all people--with the level of kindness you would like to be treated with. And you will find that eventually that same kindness will find its way back to you. 

            "What you sow, you shall also reap!" 

            I believe this scripture wholeheartedly. Practice makes perfect even when you're practicing the art of love and compassion.