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Show W li.it U liii With a Hud Temper. Starve it. Give it nothing to feed on. When something tempts you to grow angry, do not yield to the temptation. It may for a minute or two be difficult to control yourself, but try it. Force yourself to do nothing, to say nothing, and the rising temper will be obliged to go down because it has nothing to hold it up. The person who can and does control tongue, hand, heart, in the face of great provocation, is a hero. The world may not own hirn or her as such, but God docs. The Bible ! says that he that ruleth his spirit is better than he that takcth a city. What is gained by yielding to temper? tem-per? For a moment there is a feeling feel-ing of relief, but soon comes a sense of sorrow and of shame, with a wish that the temper had been controlled. Friends are separated by a bad temper, tem-per, trouble is caused by it, and pain is given to others as well as to self. That pain too often lasts for days, even years sometimes for life. An outburst of temper is like the bursting of a steam boiler; it is impossible to tell beforehand what will be the result. The evil done may never be remedied. Starve your temper. It is not worth keeping keep-ing alive. Let it die. Ex. |