A Soft Answer

A Soft Answer

I want to suggest that there is power in a soft answer. By soft answer I mean a soft response to some sort of provocation, or at least what feels to you like a provocation. I don’t mean, necessarily, that someone is deliberately inciting or goading you into reacting. Although it may mean that, I’m talking about any stimulus—event, situation, or even thought—that causes you to react emotionally.

If you have followed me for long, you know that I talk about key moments which I define...