It’s sometimes hard to tolerate the quirks and bad behavior of those we deal with every day. Yet, tolerate we must, and the payback is always rewarding if we do.
In his short story, “The Pope’s Mule“ (1869), Alphonse Daudet (1840–1897) demonstrates what happens when a lack of kindness and consideration backfires. By following the Pope’s mule and her adventures with an unkind young man, Daudet shows that a lack of kindness brings misfortune on the offender as well as the recipient.
