As a retired Amy Senior NCO my type-A personality was driven by the motto lead follow or I will bulldoze you out of the way. My ill-tempered attitude cost me jobs, friendships, and family. Thankfully with PTSD counseling, a loving wife, and most IMPORTANTLY God’s Grace, I have toned it done significantly over the years.
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(J.R. Miller, “A Word About TEMPER” 1888)LISTEN to audio!Download audio
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Most of us arebad-tempered in various degrees. The dictionary has been well-near exhausted of adjectives, in giving thedifferent shades of bad-temper:aggressive, angry, bickering, bitter, capricious, choleric, contentious, crotchety, despotic, domineering, easily offended, gloomy, grumpy, hasty, huffy, irritable, morose, obstinate, reproachful, peevish, sulky, surly, vindictive–these are some of thequalifying words!
We do not like to believe that the case is quite so serious, that many ofusare unamiable in some offensive degree. It is easier to confess ourneighbor’sfaults and infirmities, than our own! So, therefore, quietly taking refuge for ourselves among thefewgood-tempered people–weare willing to admit that a…
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