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r-john_of_the_cross_iconNo matter how suspicious the circumstances appear, if it is not your business, avert your mind and refrain from passing judgement even mentally.

If you hear the faults of others discussed, don’t let the poison soak into your mind. It may be all pure gossip without foundation. For your part think nothing.

When you have done a good action, do not let your mind rest on it. Think nothing of it.

When others praise you, laugh it off. Think nothing of the praise.

When others betray your confidence and get you perhaps into trouble- think nothing.

When so-called friends on whom you have lavished kindness desert you- think nothing.

When you are despised, cast aside as worthless, ignored, shelved, after the devouted labour of a lifetime, remember your Lord and Master was sold for thirty pieces of silver, about twenty dollars! Think of that and of naught else. Who are you that you should be prize more?

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