Emilie Richards – Endless Chain (страница 22)

“You think I should lie down and roll over, let these men—let you, of all people—walk over me?”

Whatever patience Sam had snapped. “I think you need to take a deep breath and ask yourself any number of questions, starting with whether you could better serve the Lord by being kinder and more understanding.”

George tried to interrupt, but Sam cut him off with an angry swipe of his hand. “You have a job to do here. You can encourage these men, help them find a place in the community and your company, and pay them fairly. You can practice mercy at every turn. We’re all better for making the attempt, even when we don’t feel like it.”

“Get off my property.”

Nothing would have pleased him more, but Sam didn’t move. He took a moment to calm himself, to ask what he wanted to accomplish before he spoke again. And in those quiet seconds, he realized where he had failed.

“No matter how badly I tell it, it’s a good story. We’re all tempted to feel superior to other people. Maybe I’ve been guilty of that myself. I came here to understand you better, and I haven’t asked you how you’re feeling, or what’s going on with you to make you so angry at everybody and everything. I’ve just been preaching at you, because you make me angry, too.”

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