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If you want peace in your life you have to find it within yourself. You have to let go of the past and anything that hurts you. Let insults and trivialities roll off your back like water off a duck's back. Talk to The Lord about it and leave it with Him. I know this from exerience.

Words have power, Don't forget, What comes out of your mouth, Is what you're gonna get. If you're filled with anger, Contempt and unrest, You must purge it and kill it. This is no jest. If you speak anger, Hate and revenge, This type of thinking, Will never avenge, The pain you once felt, And still feel right now. If you will find peace, Put it down and avow, To think only about, The here and the now, Whatever is worthy, Of virtue endowed. Peace is the order, From this moment on. In time you will find, That the pain is all gone. It's that which you think on, How you meditate, What goes on in your mind, Will sit and gestate, Till it finds a way, To become manifest, And affect your whole life, In your heart make it's nest; For thoughts are alive, But you give them their power. It's what you allow, To grow and to flower. Whatever you nurture, Whatever you feed, Will take root and grow, And produce many seeds.

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Date: 12/22/2021 6:58:00 PM
Hello Judy ... wow, you really have offered excellent advice in this fine poem - well done Judy - Lindsay
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Judy Ball
Date: 1/2/2022 9:42:00 PM
Thank you so much Lindsay. God Bless, JB
Date: 12/22/2021 6:46:00 AM
Wow my friend, what a thought provoked poem, i think we all should take advise, well for a start two members of our family did something un-thinakable some years back and we have never exchanged a word since then, we have never forgiven them as it lead to the death of someone very close. Great write, love, hugs, Jennifer
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Judy Ball
Date: 1/2/2022 9:32:00 PM
WoW! I guess forgiveness would be hard to do but something we are all guilty of happened a long time ago and and led to the torturous death of someone wonderful and very close to God Himself. That's why we HAVE to forgive in EVERY case. God Bless my friend. JB
Date: 12/21/2021 6:33:00 PM
This is right; excellent advice, albeit tough to implement. This is an outstanding piece of writing! Parents usually believe that if they do not behave themselves appropriately, it will have no significant influence on people. They could hardly have been more wrong.
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Judy Ball
Date: 1/2/2022 9:26:00 PM
Thank you so much Lasaad. God Bless, JB
Date: 12/21/2021 9:58:00 AM
Parents often get the bad idea that if they do not behave it will not affect the offspring. How wrong they are. Great advice, Judy.
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Judy Ball
Date: 12/21/2021 3:02:00 PM
"Don't do what I do, do what I SAY do." Words often heard in my home. Kids don't listen to what you say they learn and imitate your actions. Thanks bunches Victor. God Bless, JB
Date: 12/21/2021 8:54:00 AM
This is true! —Good advice—though hard to do. Nice write!
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Judy Ball
Date: 12/21/2021 3:05:00 PM
Thank you so much P.S. God Bless, JB
Date: 12/21/2021 7:12:00 AM
Hi Judy….beautifully written and so very true! Debx
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Judy Ball
Date: 12/21/2021 7:49:00 AM
Thank you so much Deb. God Bless and Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and yours. JB

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