Mufti Menk – Don’t Lose Your Good Character

			I always tell the young people, listen,
		

			don't lose your good character
		

			because of someone else's bad character. A guy
		

			swore you in public. Are you going to
		

			swear back in the same public? If you
		

			did, what was the difference between the 2
		

			of you?
		

			No difference.
		

			But a guy swore you, it has happened
		

			to me.
		

			There was a there was a guy, he
		

			parked his car next to mine, not parked
		

			but he stopped at the traffic light. He
		

			was very angry and upset because I overtook
		

			him.
		

			Anyway,
		

			he stopped there and he's making loud sounds
		

			with his
		

			big exhaust which he fitted at the back
		

			of his Subaru.
		

			You know, big exhaust.
		

			He came, he start making big noise. He
		

			opened his window. He's showing me fingers. You
		

			know fingers. He wants to swear.
		

			I looked at him, I said,
		

			just put my thumb like this. And he's
		

			swearing, swearing. I said,
		

			Now because I am praising his car, he's
		

			so happy he doesn't know whether to smile
		

			or to cry.
		

			Because what did he want? He only wants
		

			to attract attention. I know that. He only
		

			wants people to say, Wow, nice car. Nice
		

			car. Right? So like,
		

			good car. He was so happy, he started
		

			laughing. He started being. And he was so
		

			In 1 second from swearing
		

			to being happy and excited. And I told
		

			myself, Wallahi, if I wanted I could sway
		

			him back. Isn't it? Would it help or
		

			wouldn't help? So think, think. Sometimes it's just
		

			excitement.