“If it must be, then do this: Put some of the best products of the land in your bags and take them down to the man as a gift — a little balm and a little honey” (Gen 43:11).
That was the advice Jacob gave to his sons when they were going down into Egypt to buy food. They took many gifts: balm, spices, myrrh, nuts and money. But wise old Jacob added, ‘Take a little honey.’ People may take with them on the journey of their lives ability, training, initiative, ambition and so many good things. Yet they fail because they forget kindness. If they had been just a little sweeter in spirit what a difference it would have made. We can learn how to be able to disagree without being disagreeable. Simple, warm kindness will work wonders. Some say this is a hard, tough world and if we ever expect to get anywhere, we have to be hard-boiled. That kindness stuff, they say, might work at a Sunday school outing, but it has no place in business. But kindness works everywhere. On the journey of life don’t forget to “take a little honey.”
The Origin of the Organic World – Part One