The Hafetz Hayim woke up one chilly morning to say Shacharit, the morning prayers. The yetser hara routed him and said, "Why are you up so early? You are already an old man. Go back to bed; it's cold outside.
The Hafetz Hayim replied, "You are a lot older than me and you are up already."
“To say the right thing at the right time, keep still most of the time.” John W. Roper Those who get in trouble most often are those cannot seem to keep still, remain silent. Life teaches many lessons. Among the best lessons of life is one my father taught me at an early age was, “If you have nothing nice to say, say nothing.” The contributions we make to life via our mouth are many and varied. Most of the time, I reckon, they are not contributions at all, but things that diminish the richness of life.
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