Humor is the great thing, the saving thing. The minute it crops up, all our irritation and resentments slip away, and a sunny spirit takes their place.
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All inner resistance is experienced as negativity in one form or another. All negativity is resistance. In this context, the two words are almost synonymous. Negativity ranges from irritation or impatience to fierce anger, from a depressed mood or sullen resentment to suicidal despair. Sometimes the resistance triggers the emotional pain body
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Among all the emotions, the rich have the least talent for love. It is possible to love one's dog, dress or duck-shooting hat, but a human being presents a more difficult problem. The rich might wish to experience feelings of affection, but it is almost impossible to chip away the enamel of their narcissism. They take up all the space in all the mirrors in the house. Their children, who represent the most present and therefore the most annoying claim on their attention, usually receive the brunt of their irritation.
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Reprimand not a child immediately on the offence. Wait till the irritation has been replaced by serenity.
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I'm enclosing a few densely written and colourfully printed sheets about the program, as well as a complex application that has brought tears of irritation to many.
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I am whipped and scourged with rods, Nettled and stung with pismires, when I hear Of this vile politician Bolingbroke.
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Humor is the great thing, the saving thing. The minute it crops up, all our irritation and resentments slip away, and a sunny spirit takes their place
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The one who cannot restrain their anger will wish undone, what their temper and irritation prompted them to do.
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