“God has given us two ears, but one tongue, to show that we should be swift to hear, but slow to speak. God has set a double fence before the tongue, the teeth and the lips, to teach us to be wary that we offend not with our tongue.” — Thomas Watson
It’s good to remember. It’s good for kids to learn this early. It’s good to stop and think about it 🙂
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“Do not let your happiness depend on something you may lose… only [upon] the Beloved who will never pass away.” — C. S. Lewis
“Nothing ordinarily so repairs the soul, and makes a man better, as a good hope of things to come.” (Chrysostom)
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Food for thought 