One Slice of a Time-Tested Principle

How the smallest acts of tender kindness can affect another person.

Reflect on this principle and understand the power you possess to comfort your friends.

The graphic above implies HEAT and FORCE and NOISE. Imagine a blacksmith fashioning a hot piece of metal — hammering and turning, hammering and turning until the desired shape is achieved.

Is it LITERALLY the action of iron sharpening iron i.e. the heat, the force the hammering etc. that is the essence of this metaphor or is it something else?

I believe this principle is saying that Iron affects Iron AND Friends affect Friends. To illustrate this, I want to juxtapose the header graphic with the quote graphic below.

Please don’t underestimate what you can do to turn another life around.

This quote epitomizes ONE slice of the principle of Iron Sharpens Iron in action.

The smallest acts of tender kindness can affect another person and affect them in very positive and special ways.

In the video below, I mentioned some of the kind gestures that were done following my father’s passing and the effect they had on me.