The invention of dynamite changed the way wars were fought and revolutionized mining and tunneling.

A man from Michigan had an idea for removing a tree stump from the yard of a friend. He decided to use some dynamite he had stored away in his house. It did the trick. The explosion turned the stump into an airborne missile that traveled 163 feet down-range before crashing through a neighbor’s roof. The stump opened a 3-foot hole in the roof, split the rafters, and pushed through the ceiling of the dining room.

Can you see yourself in the actions of the dynamite user? Explosive words and actions only make things worse. We get action, but we leave much damage in our wake.

Solomon wrote: “The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger, and his glory is to overlook a transgression.” An old Chinese proverb says, “He who angers us controls us.”

Have you ever caused regretted damage by your explosion?

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