When my children were squabbling and came to me to tattle on one another, I took each child aside separately to hear their account of the problem. Since both were guilty, at the end of our chat I asked them each what they felt would be an appropriate, fair consequence for their sibling’s actions. Both suggested swift punishment for the other. To their surprise, I instead gave them each the consequence they had intended for their sibling. Suddenly, each child lamented how “unfair” the sentence seemed now that it was visited upon them—despite having deemed it appropriate when it was intended for the other.
Lord, I’m grateful for the great mercy You’ve shown me. Help me to offer similar mercy to others as a measure of my gratitude to You.
Real Life of an MSW 
What an interesting approach and a way to change perspectives!
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Perspective is everything!
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We are adults are just like this….What’s that saying about what’s good for the gander is good for the geese? Or something like that.
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That is the correct idiom “What’s good for the goose is good for the gander.”
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Very wise! I suspect they only needed the lesson once, LOL.
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Hopefully once is all it will take!
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