WINNING AN ARGUMENT BY REFUSING TO ARGUE

"Meekness is that strength appropriated when you do not argue, when you do not become angry or boastful and proud, when you do not insist upon having your rights in a quarrelsome manner....Meekness is the strength by which you win an argument by refusing to argue."

Raymond Holliwell,                              --Working With the Law

Do you every find yourself arguing with someone and you know that whatever you say will never change his/her mind? Did it take a long period of time? Did it every change another person's mind? It was very often like that with my Mom, up until the time that I discovered The Science of Mind, the argument could go on for hours. Post Science of Mind, when she made a statement I disagreed with, I learned to say, "I never thought about it that way." Then, I could change the subject.

How often do we continue to argue over some trivial little thing?  Now I don't mean a person should never disagree with someone. There are many causes I believe in, and I do know that my voice needs to be heard; but, there is a way it may be expressed in a calm and firm manner. As says, Mahatma Gandhi said:

A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.

If there is something in our world today that you disagree with, let your voice be heard. Words without actions are ineffective. 

"...we live because we are drawing oh the invisible Source of all life. The only way that God can work for us is by working through us, and God cannot give us anything unless we take it." 

Ernest Holmes,      --Living the Science of Mind

What is your deepest conviction? How can your voice be heard?

Love and Light,

Rev Sandy Smith

 


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