The Fellowship Herald Spring 2026 - Magazine - Page 12
If you can’t speak out of love, don’t speak
achieved through reflection, and accompanying moral growth are basic to
overcoming our emotional, knee-jerk responses to ego-challenging circumstances
and the personal shortcomings of others.
A first step in achieving self-control is to accept that we absolutely have control
over what comes out of our mouths. When those feelings of rage of an offended
ego rise mightily in us—we keep our mouths shut. As my grandmother used to say,
