ThursdayNovember 13, 2014

RPG

Collateral Advantage

The next day Martell looked a little down.

"What's up?"  I asked him after group.

"That boy lost his hand," Martell said, shaking his head.  He held up his own scarred hand. "Damn near lost my own hand.  Still didn't pull that boy's hand out of the machine in time to save it."

"No, but you did achieve all kinds of collateral advantage."

"Collateral advantage?"

"Collateral damage is when you destroy more than you meant to.  Collateral advantage is when you create more good than you expected.  You just wanted to save that boy's hand. OK, that didn't happen. But, you saved his arm, you inspired Seal and the group, you showed a lot of us just how selfless people can be.  That's collateral advantage."

Martell smiled and said, "Hmmm, maybe."

"No maybe about it," I said.  "And I believe most good deeds produce collateral advantage.  Sometimes it's just not so obvious."

Today I do something good, hoping to produce collateral advantage.

Relapse Prevention Group © 2014 by Ken Montrose

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