We continued to present the Transformational Community Development (TCD) program, and we studied anger and its harmful effects on our lives. After the lessons, Amani shared, “I am a quick-to-anger person, and I reacted to any normal situation with anger until I heard a lesson about anger and self-control in the TCD class. One time, my daughter broke some cups in the kitchen, and my initial reaction was full of anger and insult, but I remembered the lesson in the TCD development meeting, so I apologized to my daughter and taught her to preserve relationships.” 

One of the other lessons offered was a lesson about generosity and giving—how we can be generous in dealing with others. Peter shared, “I had a friend of mine in school, and he had a need to eat. I remembered what I had learned about giving: to be generous and give to the needy, and not to be a selfish person. I also learned to participate in the needs of my friends and to help from my heart and with all joy. So, I gave him a sandwich from my lunch, and he was very happy because I cared about him.”