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passages as flowing through your whole being tosoothe and quiet your ruffled, irritated feelings. Letthem wash benignly over your inflamed nerves likea healing balm. Pass “the peace of God that passethall understanding” (Philippians 4:7) through yourconsciousness every night before you go to sleep.“Peace I leave with you,my peace I give unto you.”John 14:27Visualize Jesus saying to you, “Peace, be still”(Mark 4:39). Repeat this Scripture: “Thou wilt keephim in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee”(Isaiah 26:3).4. <strong>To</strong>day, try seeing how long you can refrain from thesharp retort, the barbed remark, the mean comeback.Deliberately discipline your volatile reactions. Puta curb on your tongue, but even more importantly,curb the mental attitude of which the tongue is onlyan instrument. The more you succeed in leavingsharp things unsaid, the more grateful you are goingto be for this suggestion. People can and often dodestroy their happiness in life by their tongues. Theyshoot off an unfortunate remark or write a sharp letter,and the evil is done. And the real victim is notthe other person, but oneself. So remember what19

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