Rather than judging or indulging our desire for attention or chocolate or sex, we regard our grasping with gentleness and care.
Thus Erasmus repeatedly implored his readers: "Let us always keep before our eyes the gentleness of Him who, although He alone was free from all error, nevertheless did not extinguish the smoking flax, nor crush the bruised reed".
There is a pervasive oneness in simple acts of taking a walk in nature, sitting in sunshine, having a guilt free nap, and meditating in the deep well of gentleness within our heart.
Peter reminds us to share the reason for our hope, but with "gentleness and respect".
She spoke of this at length as we made our way to our next destination, a feedlot how she sought gentleness, holding cattle in the chute, how she sought to transmit calmness to the animals, to bring them peace in the last moments of their lives.
Their gentleness and patience relaxed our Anglo-Saxon pace".
It had the kind of gentleness and delicacy that our quite thin instrumental sound was suited for.
One of his daughters came over and climbed into his lap and his gentleness with her eased our increasing apprehensions.
She spoke of this at length as we made our way to our next destination, a feedlot — how she sought gentleness, holding cattle in the chute, how she sought to transmit calmness to the animals, to bring them peace in the last moments of their lives.
"We will long remember Malik, not only for his outstanding ability on the basketball court, but also for his gentleness and strength of character in our classrooms and throughout our campus," said the Rev. Donald J. Harrington, president of St . Johns.
