And the winner is...

Mike A and John K had a quarrel.

Mike was very upset with John. 

He scolded John and called him an extremely nasty name.

Having been friends for a long time, the name calling was hurting John badly.

In John's head there was pool of nasty names appearing 

that would equal of even exceed the one he received just now. 

In the time it took find the most nasty name,

the soul of John nudged him.

He remembered a saying, he had read somewhere, 

'first try to understand before being understood'

Even though John felt he was not at fault for the subject of the quarrel,

he tried to understand the anger of Mike. 

He left in his mind,
the pool of nasty names behind and within seconds,

his heart made him reply:

"It must be hard on you, Mike, I understand"

This totally unexpected answer took Mike off guard.

His perturbed mind became a bit more peaceful 

He was aware of the mean name he had called his friend and the kind answer he received.

He suddenly tried to understand why Mike had done the thing that upset him so much.

A wave of remorse for the name calling entered his heart and he almost instantly apologized.

 

 

They managed to talk in a gentle way and agreed that there had been a misunderstanding.

John agreed not to do the things that were upsetting Mike so much again and Mike agreed

to try to look at it from a different point of view. 

 

The friendship was blooming and it felt good for both. 

And the winner was...

 

~  KINDNESS ! ~

    (it always is...)