A certain little girl had recently moved from a quiet school in a little country town to an inner-city high school. Her new English teacher noticed that there was another little girl that was always saying bad things to her, and talking bad about her to other students. But the thing that puzzled the teacher most was how the new student would just listen and gently smile when under these attacks. One day after class the teacher asked the little girl to stay behind a few moments. The teacher asked her, “How are you able to maintain yourself so respectfully while being under what seems to be constant verbal attack from the other students?” She replied, “My grandmother told me that when other people don't have anything to say about themselves, they are afraid of losing their voice, so they begin to talk about other people. So, it's good she doesn't have to be afraid.”
Story by: Coach James Joseph
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