Article June 26, 2000 Issue

Good–neighbor policy

There's more to that person next door than meets the eye.

By Sandra M. Justad

Although most people would admit that love for one's neighbors contributes to peace and order in society, the actual doing of that—really loving him or her or them—isn't always easy.

Take my friends Gordon and Whitney. Shortly after their next-door neighbor had moved in, he cut down a favorite old tree that they thought was on their common property line. Whitney was devastated when she returned from work one evening and saw the raw stump. She cried for hours.

Whitney wanted to confront this "lumber-jack" before he cut down any more trees. She wanted their conversation to be productive, though, and not blow up into accusations and anger.

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