I Don't Think So, Buddy
While traveling on the freeway
across Nebraska we had a trucker
try using intimidation tactics. As we
were passing a vehicle at the posted speed limit, we had a truck come up fast
behind us. It got within a foot or two
of our tailpipe! He then started flashing his headlights - all in efforts of
intimidating us to go faster. We said,
"I don't think so, buddy," and kept the pace we were driving -
especially because he tried to intimidate us.
Once we passed the vehicle and had reached a safe distance to merge back
into the right lane, he whipped over into that lane, cutting off the vehicle we
were passing and came roaring past us.
Many people these days feel they
should have their way and have no problem using intimidation to force others to
bend to their opinions. The use of bullying, browbeating, coercion,
threatening, demoralizing, one-upmanship, and scare tactics gets wearisome.
Through living life, I have
learned that giving in to these tactics never works. Then the intimidator has no respect for me
and unleashes a torrent of belittlement. Social media seems to have become a
place to be unsocial, cruel and harsh without seeing the hurt in someone's
eyes.
I have found it is best to allow
God to deal with the intimidators.
Whenever I have tried to deal with them myself, I get tangled up in the
stress of the mess.
The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the
LORD shall be safe. Proverbs 29:25
© copyright Kevin T Boekhoff
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