Chapter 7 pt. 15
The Rule of Benedict October 9
I was in a meeting yesterday where I witnessed a man's capacity to speak and listen crippled by his inability to hold his tongue. As he kept talking, compelled by a need to express himself and make convincing points, his own words spun him around until the monologue collapsed into self-centered pettiness--sad and foolish. I have given such monologues more times than I care to admit, and, as I read Benedict's eleventh step of humility this morning, I am struck by its wisdom.
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