If you say that the words are irritating, even if they are, are you the type of person who is easily angered or not? If you are easily angered, then the problem is not in the words, but in you.
—H.H. Pope Shenouda III, Monastic Treasures for All of Us
Category: ANGER
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In the life of repentance, one does not become upset with people, as this is the result from a broken self inside. Being upset at others is always associated with pride inside one’s heart. Pride inside the heart causes a person to rage over honor; when one is angered, one rages.
—H.H. Pope Shenouda III, Monastic Treasures for All of Us
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If someone says something harsh to you, pretend that you did not hear it and that he didn’t mean it. Take it with gentleness, laugh, turn it into something funny, don’t turn it into something serious. You can’t win people with absolute seriousness, you can’t… Christ the Lord endured all our sins.
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If one says a word to you, you could accept the word calmly, or you could think about it deeply: Why did he say this? What did he mean? Did he mean to belittle me? I cannot keep quiet. Here you have allowed the word to affect you profoundly, and so it became deeply-rooted in you. Therefore, do not ponder daily events in depth; overlook them and allow them to pass by calmly. Only those thoughts which take root in your mind and heart will bother you.
—H.H. Pope Shenouda III, Monastic Treasures for All of Us
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Humble yourself before God; that is, like the wise thief say from your whole heart: “I have received as I deserve according to my deeds. Remember me, O Lord, when Thou comest into Thy Kingdom.” Do not be like the other thief who railed at everyone, cursed, blamed others for his sufferings, and in this way only made his situation worse and perished.
—Abbot Nikon Vorobiev, Abbot Nikon Letters to Spiritual Children p.174 -
“If I’m mad at somebody, I’m probably just mad at myself.”
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It is easy to love the people far away. It is not always easy to love those close to us. It is easier to give a cup of rice to relieve hunger than to relieve the loneliness and pain of someone unloved in our own home. Bring love into your home for this is where our love for each other must start.
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A bad word makes even good people bad, but a good word turns even bad people into good.
—Saint Macarius the ElderOur words have so much power, yet it’s so easy to say them without thinking.
Have you ever chosen to say something nice when you didn’t feel like it? What happened?
Like an oasis in the desert, a kind word can bring forth beauty.
Choose to say something good today and see what comes of it!
Edna King, One Good Thought: A Good Word is an Oasis
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