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Mary G
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Wow, here's a great quote from St. Josemaria Escriva ... which also gave me a bit of a chuckle (because it's so true!):
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So you have been hauled over the coals? Don't follow the advice of pride and lose your temper. Say to yourself: how charitable they are towards me! When I think of all they must have left unsaid!
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I love that: "think of all they must have left unsaid."
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I LOVE that...can't you see how ingraining that on your heart would change your response?
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missionfamily wrote:
| I LOVE that...can't you see how ingraining that on your heart would change your response? |
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well, first I'd have to curb the "knee jerk" response long enough to allow my heart to shut my mouth 
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That is priceless, and so true! I know how charitable I feel when I am laying into my husband or kids, for all I could be saying! 
On the other side of the coin, I need to try to remember this when I get a little prideful about what a great wife I am because dh never complains or criticizes me. It probably isn't so much my perfection as it is his charity!
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teachingmyown wrote:
| I need to try to remember this when I get a little prideful about what a great wife I am because dh never complains or criticizes me. It probably isn't so much my perfection as it is his charity! |
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Ouch ...too true!
Thanks, Mary.
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This is one of my favorite quotes of St. Josemaria. I try to keep in mind when I think of someone I love is being so annoying. I try to remind myself they are tolerating all of my faults. Not that this always works, but I try!
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