Right Church, Wrong Pew

[Brad Smith]

My father told me how he handled his anger, especially doing business.  He
would write a scathing letter with all his feelings and opinions.  And he
would set it aside for
a day, then he would never end up sending it.  He said this was how Abe
Lincoln
handled it.

Brad Smith, RPT
Manchester, NH

-----Original Message-----
From: Jon Page <jpage@capecod.net>
To: pianotech@ptg.org <pianotech@ptg.org>
Date: Saturday, February 14, 1998 3:44 AM
Subject: Re: Right Church, Wrong Pew


>At 12:18 AM 2/14/98 -0800, you wrote:
>>This relates to the idea of many months ago about putting potentially
>>inflammatory posts in some kind of message purgatory for a period of
>>time to cool. Since many of my posts fall into that category (written
>>for my own catharsis), I can delete them at the last minute and spare
>>the galaxy my grumblings. More is accomplished in the writing, in this
>>case, than in the sending.
>>
>>Tom
>
>Tom,
>I realize the benefit of this. Within the past few weeks I too have been
>compelled to post 'my opinion' on the matter.
>
>Instead of clicking the 'send', I click the 'trash'; because that's what it
is
>(the letter that is - not my opinion. :-)
>
>I have never gone back into the trash to send it, maybe just to reread;
>but I then empty the trash.
>
>Fires grow with the addition of flames and we need to avoid conflagrations.
>
>
>Jon Page
>Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. (jpage@capecod.net)
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