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Vehement emotion differs from intense emotion in that it is not adaptive, is overwhelming to the individual, and its expression is not helpful.
“One of your most ancient writers, a historian named Herodotus, tells of a thief who was to be executed. As he was taken away he made a bargain with the king: in one year he would teach the king's favorite horse to sing hymns. The other prisoners watched the thief singing to the horse and laughed. "You will not succeed," they told him. "No one can." To which the thief replied, "I have a year, and who knows what might happen in that time. The king might die. The horse might die. I might die. And perhaps the horse will learn to sing.”
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“Bless the Maker and His water.
Bless the coming and going of Him.
May His passage cleanse the world.
May He keep the world for His people. ”
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Bless the coming and going of Him.
May His passage cleanse the world.
May He keep the world for His people. ”
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“It starts raining main battle tanks.”
― Know No Fear
― Know No Fear
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