Good morning and welcome back to the morning mindset edition of the

liberal change podcast. I want to start out this morning by asking you a

question. Do you know a person who is quick to become angry? I mean a

person who's just got that short fuse and their temper flares the moment they

seem upset about something.

Maybe that person's you.

I mean, I don't mean to point a finger because I don't know you, obviously.

But I think it's good for us.

It applies for us to think about ourselves, first of all,

before we consider those other people.

We've been looking at the book of Proverbs, andverbs chapter 11 verse number 16 has a very interesting

verse here actually this Proverbs chapter 12 verse 16 it says the vexation of a fool is known at once, but the prudent ignores an insult.

So what's another way of saying that? It's saying the person who's hot-headed, who has a short fuse and gets angry right away, is a fool.

But a wise person ignores an insult.

A wise person understands insults are words.

They're nothing of power that can truly harm you unless you allow it to harm you.

And so getting angry, getting all worked up about what he said or she said or what's been said about you.

It's not really worth your time.

It's a fool to let yourself get all angry

about those sorts of things.

And it says, but the prudent ignores an insult.

A wise person realizes that person by insulting you

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