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 Well, I wanted to do something this morning

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 I've been thinking about doing for ages.

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 I've been thinking about getting my tongue pierced.

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 And I thought, I'm never going to have the confidence

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 to do that on my own.

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 So if I did it when I've got a few friends around me,

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 that's probably better.

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 So poke your tongue out at me.

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 Go like this.

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 You might want to look away if you're squeamish.

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 Keep your tongue poked up.

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 Relax, it's not real.

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 What is genuinely shocking is the real tongue.

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 Seriously.

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 It's a tiny part of the body,

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 but the impact it can have is shocking.

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 And that's why James wrote what he said.

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 He said, if you imagine like a ship,

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 think of the size of a ship

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 and how that can be turned,

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 the direction of that ship can be determined

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 by just a tiny rudder.

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 Or think of an enormous fire in a forest

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 that starts off with just the tiniest spark.

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 So it is that this seemingly small, insignificant,

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 most of the time we don't even see it,

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 part of the body in our mouths

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 can cause so much destruction,

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 but also it can change so many people's lives

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 for the better.

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 So we've got it.

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 And with it goes responsibility.

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 Now we're thinking about worship

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 in a series at the moment,

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 and we're thinking particularly then this morning

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 about, well, what might the connection be

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 between how we worship God,

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 and remember, we're not just talking about Sundays here,

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 we're talking about whole life worship,

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 the way in which we use our speech,

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 the way we talk in worship,

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 in prayer.

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 It's the link between that

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 and all the talking that we do the rest of the time.

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 Several years ago,

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 the writer Selwyn Hughes said this.

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 I was going to try and paraphrase it,

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 but I think he puts it so well,

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 I'm just going to read it to you.

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 He said this,

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 we become what we say.

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 Why is the tongue so important?

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 Because the expression of a thing

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 deepens the impression.

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 A word uttered

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 becomes a word made flesh in us.

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 We become the incarnation

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 of what we express.

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 Jesus said,

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 for by your words you will be acquitted,

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 and by your words you will be condemned.

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 After I saw that a person

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 becomes what he or she says,

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 I have looked at this verse

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 in a different light.

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 If you tell a lie,

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 you become a lie.

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 The deepest punishment of a lie

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 is to be the one who tells that lie.

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 That person has to live with someone

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 that they cannot trust.

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 Now look at what I'm saying

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 from the opposite perspective.

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 When we express good things,

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 positive things,

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 loving things,

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 biblical things,

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 these things go deeper into us.

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 clear expression

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 deepens impression.

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 There's a story of a brilliant young physicist

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 who tells how he often

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 would discuss complex issues

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 relating to physics

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 with his wife,

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 who was not a physicist

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 and who doesn't know the first thing

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 about the subject.

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 He said,

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 I describe in detail

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 to her what I am doing

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 and she doesn't understand

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 a word.

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 But sometimes

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 when I'm through,

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 I do.

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 If it is true

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 that we become

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 the incarnation

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 of what we express,

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 then how careful

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 we ought to be

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 to ensure

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 that what we say

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 is guarded

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 and governed

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 by truth,

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 integrity

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 and kindness.

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 Always remember,

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 every word you utter

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 becomes flesh

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 in you.

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 In all frankness,

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 how do you feel

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 inwardly

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 after you've said

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 something negative

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 about somebody?

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 Or maybe after

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 you've had an argument

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 with them?

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 If you get a bad

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 feeling inside,

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 I think that only

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 goes to

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 demonstrate

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 something of what

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 Selwyn Hughes

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 was saying there.

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 I'm going to think

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 firstly of the impact

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 of negative speech

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 and then

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 think of the impact

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 of positive speech.

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 And there's two things

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 that come to mind.

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 The positive

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 is kind of the

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 mirror image,

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 if you like,

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 of the negative

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 or the other way around,

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 whichever you want

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 to look at it.

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 But there's two

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 expressions of

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 negative speech

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 that I want to

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 suggest.

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 But they can be

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 damaging not only

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 to others

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 but also to

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 ourselves.

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 And these two

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 expressions of

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 negative speech

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 are firstly

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 gossip

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 and second

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 criticism.

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 Let's just think

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 about those.

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 Think firstly

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 about gossip.

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 Let's be really,

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 really honest about

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 this.

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 If we overhear

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 a conversation

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 in which gossip

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 is taking place,

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 who among us

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 doesn't really

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 honestly feel

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 attracted and

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 drawn in to

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 that conversation

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 at some level?

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 There's something

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 intriguing about it.

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 Somebody is

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 talking about

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 someone else.

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 We know that's

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 someone else and

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 we want to know

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 what's being said

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 about them.

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 There's just

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 something inside us

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 that finds that

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 really, really hard

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 not to be drawn

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 into the conversation.

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 And if it happens

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 to be negative

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 things about

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 that person

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 and particularly

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 if it's somebody

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 that has,

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 we've been on

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 the receiving end

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 of their negativity

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 before,

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 we kind of feel

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 this sense of

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 wanting to know

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 a little bit more,

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 a sense of

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 reassurance

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 that someone else

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 has noticed

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 that negative

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 thing about them

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 as well.

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 And perhaps

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 there's something

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 deep down in us

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 that when we

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 hear gossip,

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 one of the things

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 we find strangely

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 and weirdly

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 comforting about

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 it is that

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 it detracts us

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 for a moment

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 from the realities

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 of our own

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 broken characters.

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 We like to

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 think about

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 and focus in

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 on someone

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 else's weaknesses

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 because for

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 a few moments

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 at least,

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 our own weaknesses

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 of character

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 are off radar.

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 But the consequences

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 of talking about

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 others in that

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 kind of way

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 can be so

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 destructive,

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 not only for them,

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 not only for others,

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 but for ourselves.

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 There's a Jewish

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 story that is told

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 about a man

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 who was

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 always bad-mouthing

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 his rabbi

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 and he had

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 had a particular

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 episode where

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 he'd been

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 spreading really

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 quite malicious

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 gossip about

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 this man

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 behind his

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 back and

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 eventually came

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 to his senses.

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 He had this

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 bad feeling

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 welling up

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 inside and

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 he just felt

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 he had to do

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 something.

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 In the end

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 he decided to

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 go and see

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 the rabbi

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 and he told

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 him what he'd

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 done and he

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 confessed and

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 he said,

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 I've been

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 bad-mouthing you,

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 I've been

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 saying really

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 bad things

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 about you and

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 I know they're

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 not actually

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 completely true

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 and I'm

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 sorry.

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 The rabbi

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 said,

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 I forgive you.

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 He said,

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 yeah,

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 but I want to

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 learn from

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 this.

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 I don't

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 want to be

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 sent away,

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 teach me

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 something,

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 what can I

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 learn from

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 this?

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 The rabbi

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 said,

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 okay,

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 I want you

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 to do

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 this and

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 it's going

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 to sound

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 weird.

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 I want you

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 to go and

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 find a really

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 sharp knife

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 and I want

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 you to go

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 and get

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 two of the

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 plumpest

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 feather-filled

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 pillows that

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 you can find.

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 And then I

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 want you to

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 take the two

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 feather pillows

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 and the knife

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 into the town

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 square.

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 And then

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 when you

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 get there,

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 I want you

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 to slit

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 open those

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 pillows and

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 wave them

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 around as

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 hard as

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 you can.

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 The man

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 thinks this

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 is a little

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 bit weird,

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 but he

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 decides to

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 do what

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 the rabbi

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 has told

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 him.

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 So he

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 goes off,

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 he gets

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 these two

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 really plump

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 feather-filled

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 pillows and

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 a knife.

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 He goes into

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 the town

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 square,

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 there's loads

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 of people

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 around,

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 people start

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 to look

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 thinking,

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 what is

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 this bloke

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 doing?

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 As he

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 slices open

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 these pillows

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 and he flaps

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 them as hard

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 as he can,

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 there's feathers

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 everywhere.

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 He goes back

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 to the rabbi,

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 he tells him

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 that he's done

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 what he asked,

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 he said,

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 now what am I

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 to learn from

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 that?

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 The rabbi

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 looks at him,

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 he says,

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 I want you to

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 go back to

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 the square

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 now and I

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 want you to

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 retrieve every

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 last feather

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 and put them

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 back in the

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 pillows.

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 See,

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 that's what

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 happens with

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 words when

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 we start

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 to talk

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 loosely about

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 others.

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 It gets

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 out there,

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 whether we

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 mean it or

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 not,

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 it does,

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 it's how

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 it works.

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 I'm

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 rather like

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 trying to

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 go around

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 and pick up

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 feathers afterwards,

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 be sure it

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 will make

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 your own

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 life hard

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 work as

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 well.

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 It's not

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 good.

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 The other

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 form of

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 expression of

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 negative talking

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 that comes to

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 mind is

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 criticism.

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 I'm a great

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 believer in

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 that old

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 proverb that

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 before you

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 criticise

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 somebody else,

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 you should

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 walk a mile

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 in their

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 shoes.

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 Now,

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 there's two

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 reasons why

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 I believe that

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 is so powerfully

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 true.

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 You see,

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 if they get

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 to find out

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 that you've

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 been criticising

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 them,

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 firstly,

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 you've walked

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 a mile away

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 from them,

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 secondly,

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 you've got

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 their shoes.

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 Seriously,

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 criticism,

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 criticism can

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 be destructive,

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 but there's

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 something deep

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 within us that

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 thinks,

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 but is

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 there a

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 place for

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 positive

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 criticism?

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 perhaps there

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 is,

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 particularly

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 when we

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 read in

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 the Bible

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 in Leviticus

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 chapter 19

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 in the Old

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 Testament where

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 it says,

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 you shall

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 rebuke your

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 neighbour and

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 not allow

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 sin upon

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 them.

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 In other

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 words,

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 perhaps we've

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 got a

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 responsibility to

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 point out

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 something in

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 somebody else

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 that's not

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 right.

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 It would be

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 wrong to

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 not point

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 that out,

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 so where

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 do we go

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 with that?

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 Number of

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 thoughts,

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 firstly,

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 we need

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 to remember

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 that in

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 Leviticus,

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 when we

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 read those

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 very verses

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 that I

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 have just

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 read to

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 you just

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 then,

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 those verses

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 are immediately

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 preceded with

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 warnings against

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 spreading slander

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 and warnings

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 against nursing

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 inner hatred.

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 That's really

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 important stuff

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 because we

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 can get the

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 wrong end of

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 the picture.

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 I want to

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 read to you

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 another quote,

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 it comes from

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 one of my

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 favourite books

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 in the last

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 few years

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 called

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 Sacred Cows

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 Make Great

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 Barbecues.

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 It challenges

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 some of what

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 we think is

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 popular wisdom

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 among Christians

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 and one of

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 them,

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 the bit I

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 want to read

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 to you now,

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 in this book

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 the author,

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 Dave Gilpin,

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 talks about

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 how in recent

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 years we've

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 had this idea

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 that we've

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 got to be

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 real,

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 we've got to

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 be real and

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 authentic with

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 each other,

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 which there's

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 a truth in

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 that,

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 but that

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 gets translated

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 to mean

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 the moment

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 you think

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 it,

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 you've got

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 to go and

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 say it.

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 He says

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 this,

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 when someone

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 comes up to

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 me and

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 says,

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 can I be

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 honest with

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 you,

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 I fear

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 the worst.

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 I figure

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 that I'm

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 about to

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 have a

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 truckload

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 of

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 disappointment,

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 discontentment

00:12:37.079 --> 00:12:38.039
 and general

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 disarray

00:12:38.799 --> 00:12:39.419
 tipped all

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 over my

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 lap.

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 It may

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 be honest

00:12:42.200 --> 00:12:42.580
 with how

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 the person

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 feels.

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 It's

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 often not

00:12:45.480 --> 00:12:46.259
 honest with

00:12:46.259 --> 00:12:46.720
 the real

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 state of

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 what their

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 new hearts

00:12:48.379 --> 00:12:49.000
 should be

00:12:49.000 --> 00:12:49.759
 in Christ

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 and the

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 transforming

00:12:51.220 --> 00:12:51.860
 and active

00:12:51.860 --> 00:12:53.140
 work of

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 the Holy

00:12:53.560 --> 00:12:54.240
 Spirit.

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 Being

00:12:56.680 --> 00:12:57.800
 sincere to

00:12:57.800 --> 00:12:58.900
 emotion is

00:12:58.900 --> 00:12:59.420
 okay.

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 Being sincere

00:13:01.120 --> 00:13:02.140
 to circumstances

00:13:02.140 --> 00:13:03.520
 is okay.

00:13:04.520 --> 00:13:05.160
 But it's not

00:13:05.160 --> 00:13:06.000
 the basis of

00:13:06.000 --> 00:13:06.600
 a powerful

00:13:06.600 --> 00:13:07.320
 life of an

00:13:07.320 --> 00:13:08.580
 overcomer who

00:13:08.580 --> 00:13:09.500
 draws strength

00:13:09.500 --> 00:13:10.100
 down from

00:13:10.100 --> 00:13:10.960
 heaven and

00:13:10.960 --> 00:13:11.620
 breaks through

00:13:11.620 --> 00:13:12.080
 to new

00:13:12.080 --> 00:13:12.700
 levels of

00:13:12.700 --> 00:13:14.139
 success and

00:13:14.139 --> 00:13:14.700
 victory.

00:13:15.679 --> 00:13:16.639
 That comes

00:13:16.639 --> 00:13:17.700
 from sincerity

00:13:17.700 --> 00:13:19.100
 to faith

00:13:19.100 --> 00:13:19.679
 and the

00:13:19.679 --> 00:13:20.060
 word of

00:13:20.060 --> 00:13:20.320
 God.

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 Emotional

00:13:21.899 --> 00:13:22.820
 sincerity

00:13:22.820 --> 00:13:23.960
 must be

00:13:23.960 --> 00:13:24.700
 tempered by

00:13:24.700 --> 00:13:25.620
 real truth.

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 There's a

00:13:27.539 --> 00:13:28.360
 time for a

00:13:28.360 --> 00:13:29.399
 healthy disclosure

00:13:29.399 --> 00:13:30.340
 of pent-up

00:13:30.340 --> 00:13:30.860
 emotion,

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 but it should

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 be kept in

00:13:32.759 --> 00:13:33.299
 the private

00:13:33.299 --> 00:13:34.000
 place of

00:13:34.000 --> 00:13:34.519
 either your

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 personal

00:13:35.060 --> 00:13:37.120
 devotion or,

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 on rare

00:13:37.700 --> 00:13:38.279
 occasions,

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 your inner

00:13:39.399 --> 00:13:40.159
 circle of

00:13:40.159 --> 00:13:40.819
 loved ones

00:13:40.819 --> 00:13:41.519
 who are

00:13:41.519 --> 00:13:42.240
 not offended

00:13:42.240 --> 00:13:42.779
 by your

00:13:42.779 --> 00:13:43.199
 general

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 rattiness.

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 Usually,

00:13:45.839 --> 00:13:46.579
 your emotions

00:13:46.579 --> 00:13:48.019
 never carry

00:13:48.019 --> 00:13:49.139
 with them

00:13:49.139 --> 00:13:50.000
 the whole

00:13:50.000 --> 00:13:51.039
 truth or

00:13:51.039 --> 00:13:51.559
 the right

00:13:51.559 --> 00:13:52.079
 truth,

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 and that's

00:13:53.259 --> 00:13:53.620
 why,

00:13:53.860 --> 00:13:54.480
 when flaunted

00:13:54.480 --> 00:13:55.039
 under the

00:13:55.039 --> 00:13:55.620
 guise of

00:13:55.620 --> 00:13:56.339
 sincerity,

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 they become

00:13:57.759 --> 00:13:58.899
 detrimental and

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 often destructive.

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 It only takes

00:14:02.240 --> 00:14:03.360
 a few seconds

00:14:03.360 --> 00:14:04.539
 of vindictive

00:14:04.539 --> 00:14:06.159
 honesty to

00:14:06.159 --> 00:14:07.179
 cut someone's

00:14:07.179 --> 00:14:07.699
 head off.

00:14:08.659 --> 00:14:09.379
 It takes a

00:14:09.379 --> 00:14:10.059
 lot longer,

00:14:10.199 --> 00:14:10.500
 however,

00:14:10.539 --> 00:14:11.259
 to sew it

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 back on

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 again,

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 and even

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 then,

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 it doesn't

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 quite swivel

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 the way it

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 used to.

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 Now,

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 let's just

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 come back to

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 this theme

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 of,

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 is there a

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 time when it

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 is right to

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 speak to

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 others?

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 Because there

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 it is.

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 Being a

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 Christian is not

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 about just

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 going through

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 life,

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 never saying

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 an uncritical

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 word about

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 anything or

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 anyone,

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 there's a

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 sense in

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 which,

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 of course,

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 we have a

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 responsibility to

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 one another.

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 If somebody you

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 truly love,

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 you're looking

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 out for them,

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 they're going

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 wrong,

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 there is a

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 responsibility to

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 point that

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 out.

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 So how can

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 we somehow

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 put a

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 brake on

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 that human

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 instinct to

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 talk negatively

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 in a way that

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 can do the

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 very best that

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 we can to

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 ensure that if

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 we're going to

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 be critical,

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 it's done in

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 a genuinely,

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 and I mean

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 that genuinely

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 loving way?

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 How can we

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 speak the

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 truth,

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 but speak it

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 in love?

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 Well,

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 there's no

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 easy,

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 straightforward

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 answer to

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 that question,

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 but I'll just

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 share with you

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 my own personal

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 thoughts on that,

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 which I try my

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 very best to

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 apply,

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 and I don't

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 always get this

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 right.

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 But the first

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 principle,

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 I think,

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 is to slam

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 brakes on.

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 So if you've

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 got it inside

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 you and you're

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 just bursting to

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 get those words

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 out, just try and

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 put the brake on.

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 And by that,

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 I don't mean just

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 a few seconds,

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 it may be a few

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 days.

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 Genuinely.

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 If you can,

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 take it away,

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 think about it,

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 and pray about it,

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 and as you do so,

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 ask the following

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 questions.

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 First, what's your

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 motivation for

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 bringing a word of

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 criticism, or what

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 could be construed as

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 criticism, to another

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 human being?

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 What is your

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 motivation?

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 Is your desire to

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 point out the

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 problem motivated by

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 a genuine, genuine

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 concern for them?

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 Secondly, ask the

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 question, how would

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 you feel if you

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 were to be on the

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 receiving end of

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 the words of

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 advice or counsel

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 that you are

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 thinking to share

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 with them?

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 If it was

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 reversed, how

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 would you feel?

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 And third, and

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 this is going to

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 sound like I'm

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 being facetious, but

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 it's a genuinely

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 serious question.

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 Ask yourself, am

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 I deep, deep

00:16:41.519 --> 00:16:44.460
 within me, am I

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 secretly getting

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 pleasure out of

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 this?

00:16:46.799 --> 00:16:52.459
 negative thinking,

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 negative talking

00:16:53.500 --> 00:16:56.199
 nurtures and

00:16:56.199 --> 00:16:57.959
 nurses negative

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 thinking within

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 us.

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 It's as simple

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 as that.

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 So when it

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 comes to the

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 call to be

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 worshipping

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 Christians, not

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 just as an

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 activity that we

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 engage with on a

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 Sunday, but

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 something that

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 should infiltrate

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 our entire

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 lives, what

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 might we say

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 then about the

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 more positive

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 dimension of

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 the way we

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 talk?

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 What might we

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 say about

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 positive speech?

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 Well, whereas

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 we've just been

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 thinking of the

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 danger of

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 gossip and the

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 danger of

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 criticism, let's

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 think now about

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 the power of

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 encouragement and

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 the power of

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 being thankful.

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 See,

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 encouragement,

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 bringing words of

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 encouragement to a

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 human being, may

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 not seem like a

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 big deal to us as

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 the person saying

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 it to the other,

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 but it can make

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 all the difference.

00:17:47.360 --> 00:17:48.259
 I had a story

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 about a minister.

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 He'd served quite a

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 few years in a

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 church and he was

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 moving on to a

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 new appointment.

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 The church was

00:17:54.279 --> 00:17:55.600
 having a send-off

00:17:55.600 --> 00:17:56.580
 due for him and

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 his family and

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 there was a bit of

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 a bun fight

00:17:59.140 --> 00:17:59.840
 afterwards and

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 they were serving

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 tea and a lady

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 came up to this

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 minister over a

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 cup of tea and

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 said, you know,

00:18:08.860 --> 00:18:10.700
 your successor,

00:18:10.940 --> 00:18:11.700
 the next minister

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 that's coming,

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 you know, I

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 know, I just

00:18:14.179 --> 00:18:15.619
 know he's never

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 going to be as

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 good as you.

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 Looking rather

00:18:19.240 --> 00:18:20.599
 embarrassed but also

00:18:20.599 --> 00:18:21.459
 slightly flattered,

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 the minister sort

00:18:22.359 --> 00:18:22.879
 of said, well,

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 you know.

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 But before he could

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 say anything, the

00:18:25.679 --> 00:18:26.379
 lady continued.

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 She said, I know he

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 won't be as good as

00:18:28.500 --> 00:18:29.279
 you because I've been

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 in this place now for

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 several decades.

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 I've seen seven

00:18:32.679 --> 00:18:33.679
 ministers come and

00:18:33.679 --> 00:18:34.719
 go and every one of

00:18:34.719 --> 00:18:36.019
 them has been worse

00:18:36.019 --> 00:18:36.759
 than the previous

00:18:36.759 --> 00:18:37.219
 one.

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 The power of

00:18:46.339 --> 00:18:47.539
 positive speech,

00:18:48.259 --> 00:18:49.640
 bringing encouragement

00:18:49.640 --> 00:18:50.940
 to somebody else,

00:18:51.720 --> 00:18:52.960
 actually not only

00:18:52.960 --> 00:18:55.100
 encourages them, it

00:18:55.100 --> 00:18:55.860
 encourages us.

00:18:56.860 --> 00:18:58.019
 When we speak

00:18:58.019 --> 00:18:59.360
 positively to somebody

00:18:59.360 --> 00:19:00.220
 else, it makes us

00:19:00.220 --> 00:19:00.799
 feel good.

00:19:01.559 --> 00:19:03.180
 If you say something

00:19:03.180 --> 00:19:04.880
 to somebody else that

00:19:04.880 --> 00:19:06.700
 is a positive word, I

00:19:06.700 --> 00:19:07.400
 can guarantee you

00:19:07.400 --> 00:19:08.480
 will come away from

00:19:08.480 --> 00:19:11.440
 it feeling better.

00:19:15.620 --> 00:19:16.519
 The other thing,

00:19:16.740 --> 00:19:19.460
 the last thing, is

00:19:19.460 --> 00:19:20.220
 thankfulness.

00:19:22.000 --> 00:19:23.340
 You see, thankfulness

00:19:23.340 --> 00:19:25.240
 and positive talking

00:19:25.240 --> 00:19:26.900
 and positive thinking

00:19:26.900 --> 00:19:28.180
 go hand in hand.

00:19:31.120 --> 00:19:32.039
 I'll share with you

00:19:32.039 --> 00:19:33.220
 what coincidentally

00:19:33.220 --> 00:19:34.279
 happens to be another

00:19:34.279 --> 00:19:36.100
 Jewish story, if I

00:19:36.100 --> 00:19:36.519
 like it.

00:19:36.700 --> 00:19:38.920
 it's a story that's

00:19:38.920 --> 00:19:40.319
 told about a woman

00:19:40.319 --> 00:19:41.700
 called Anna

00:19:41.700 --> 00:19:42.380
 Kebich.

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 And Anna Kebich was

00:19:44.720 --> 00:19:47.120
 known to be somebody

00:19:47.120 --> 00:19:48.960
 who was always, always

00:19:48.960 --> 00:19:49.559
 complaining.

00:19:50.720 --> 00:19:52.340
 And she used to use

00:19:52.340 --> 00:19:53.720
 the most rich imagery

00:19:53.720 --> 00:19:54.700
 to describe her

00:19:54.700 --> 00:19:55.120
 problems.

00:19:56.600 --> 00:19:57.440
 All day long she

00:19:57.440 --> 00:19:58.200
 would be talking about,

00:19:58.279 --> 00:19:58.920
 you know, I have so

00:19:58.920 --> 00:19:59.819
 little money, my

00:19:59.819 --> 00:20:01.120
 clothes are like

00:20:01.120 --> 00:20:01.620
 rags.

00:20:01.619 --> 00:20:04.039
 She would say, my

00:20:04.039 --> 00:20:06.119
 back is so stiff, it's

00:20:06.119 --> 00:20:07.139
 as stiff as the walls

00:20:07.139 --> 00:20:07.799
 of Jericho.

00:20:08.579 --> 00:20:10.039
 My house is so small

00:20:10.039 --> 00:20:11.139
 I can hardly move

00:20:11.139 --> 00:20:11.979
 around in it.

00:20:12.919 --> 00:20:14.279
 I have to walk so

00:20:14.279 --> 00:20:15.599
 far every day to

00:20:15.599 --> 00:20:16.839
 draw water that my

00:20:16.839 --> 00:20:18.019
 feet are swollen like

00:20:18.019 --> 00:20:18.639
 melons.

00:20:19.919 --> 00:20:21.719
 My children, they

00:20:21.719 --> 00:20:22.899
 never ever come and

00:20:22.899 --> 00:20:23.339
 see me.

00:20:24.559 --> 00:20:25.339
 Well, she was known

00:20:25.339 --> 00:20:25.679
 for this.

00:20:25.739 --> 00:20:26.459
 She would always,

00:20:26.579 --> 00:20:27.539
 always complain, never

00:20:27.539 --> 00:20:28.739
 say anything positive.

00:20:28.740 --> 00:20:30.779
 And one day she was

00:20:30.779 --> 00:20:31.400
 in the middle of

00:20:31.400 --> 00:20:32.380
 complaining to herself

00:20:32.380 --> 00:20:33.279
 and feeling sorry for

00:20:33.279 --> 00:20:34.140
 herself, saying, I've

00:20:34.140 --> 00:20:34.940
 so little money, my

00:20:34.940 --> 00:20:35.920
 clothes are like rags, my

00:20:35.920 --> 00:20:36.900
 back is as stiff as the

00:20:36.900 --> 00:20:37.599
 walls of Jericho.

00:20:37.700 --> 00:20:39.000
 My house is so small, I

00:20:39.000 --> 00:20:39.779
 cannot move around

00:20:39.779 --> 00:20:40.120
 inside.

00:20:40.220 --> 00:20:41.299
 I have to walk so far

00:20:41.299 --> 00:20:42.640
 that my feet swell up,

00:20:42.960 --> 00:20:44.779
 that my feet are like

00:20:44.779 --> 00:20:46.200
 watermelons, and my

00:20:46.200 --> 00:20:47.079
 children never come and

00:20:47.079 --> 00:20:47.400
 see me.

00:20:47.440 --> 00:20:48.359
 And on top of all that,

00:20:48.440 --> 00:20:49.859
 she noticed that her

00:20:49.859 --> 00:20:51.200
 nose was itching.

00:20:51.440 --> 00:20:52.480
 It was itching, and no

00:20:52.480 --> 00:20:53.339
 matter how hard she

00:20:53.339 --> 00:20:54.660
 scratched at her nose, it

00:20:54.660 --> 00:20:56.120
 would not stop itching.

00:20:56.119 --> 00:20:58.599
 So she went to her

00:20:58.599 --> 00:20:58.939
 rabbi.

00:20:59.139 --> 00:20:59.919
 She said, Rabbi,

00:21:00.219 --> 00:21:01.500
 rabbi, everything is

00:21:01.500 --> 00:21:02.139
 going wrong.

00:21:03.739 --> 00:21:04.679
 The rabbi looked at her

00:21:04.679 --> 00:21:05.419
 and said, I suppose you're

00:21:05.419 --> 00:21:06.279
 going to tell me all

00:21:06.279 --> 00:21:06.779
 about it.

00:21:07.419 --> 00:21:08.439
 She said, too right, I'm

00:21:08.439 --> 00:21:09.019
 going to tell you all

00:21:09.019 --> 00:21:09.359
 about it.

00:21:09.579 --> 00:21:10.779
 My back is as stiff as

00:21:10.779 --> 00:21:11.699
 the walls of Jericho.

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 My house is so small, I

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 cannot move around

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 inside it.

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 I have no money.

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 I live in rags for

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 clothes.

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 My children never come

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 and see me.

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 I have to walk so far

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 every day to draw water

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 that my feet are swollen

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 like melons.

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 And to top it all, I

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 woke up this morning

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 morning and my nose is

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 itching and it won't

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 stop.

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 Rabbi, what am I to

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 do?

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 The rabbi said, Anna

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 Kebich, you have what

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 is known as the Kebich

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 itch.

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 The complainer's itch.

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 And its meaning is this.

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 And I want you to think

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 about it every time you

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 scratch your nose.

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 However you consider

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 yourself, so you shall

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 be.

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 Well, she wasn't really

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 that satisfied with that

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 advice, but she knew it

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 was as good as it was

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 going to get, so off she

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 went.

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 She went to bed that

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 night.

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 The next day she woke

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 up and to her

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 astonishment, she noticed

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 that there had been

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 several changes overnight.

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 She had radically

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 increased in size, such

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 that her arms were poking

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 out of the windows of

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 her house and her legs

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 were jutting out through

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 the door.

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 She literally could not

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 move inside.

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 She was dressed in rags,

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 not clothes.

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 Her back, she turned

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 around, seemed to be

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 rather solid.

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 She noticed it had

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 turned into the walls of

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 Jericho.

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 She looked down to the

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 end of her legs and she

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 saw two melons rather

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 than feet.

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 And her nose was itchy.

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 She scratched away at that

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 nose and as she did so,

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 she remembered the words

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 of her rabbi.

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 However you consider

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 yourself, so you shall

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 be.

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 As she scratched away,

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 she thought about her

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 life and she thought

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 about the lives of

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 several other people that

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 she knew for the first

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 time.

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 She thought to herself,

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 you know, okay, I don't

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 have a lot of money but I

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 get by.

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 I know a lot of people who

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 have a lot less than me.

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 She thought, you know, my

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 house is small.

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 But actually it's quite

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 cozy.

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 I don't know I'd manage

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 anything that much bigger.

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 She thought to herself, you

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 know, my back is stiff at

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 times but I'm a lot

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 healthier than a lot of

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 people are at my age in

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 life.

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 She thought about that walk

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 that she took every day to

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 draw water and she said,

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 sometimes I feel tired but I

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 guess there are things about

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 that walk that I enjoy and

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 if I didn't take that walk

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 each day, I'd never see the

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 sunshine, I'd probably stay

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 indoors feeling even more

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 sorry for myself.

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 And as for my children, well,

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 I wish I did see them more

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 but I suppose there's something

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 inside of me that at least

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 makes me thankful that they

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 are independent enough to take

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 care of themselves.

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 And she thought of these

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 things and as she scratched

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 away at her nose, so things

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 began to change again.

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 She came back to normal

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 sides.

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 The rags went and were

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 replaced with clothes.

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 The wool turned into a

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 back.

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 The melons were gone.

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 Howsoever you consider

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 yourself, so you shall be.

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 Whenever the rabbis tell that

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 story, they always finish by

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 saying this, may your noses

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 itch forever.

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