On being in the Heart

• Use fewer words – be silent if possible. (Eccles. 3:3)
• Only speak the truth, though it is not necessary to be unkind. (Eph. 4:15)
• Resist the effort to defend yourself. (Matt. 10:19)
• It is not important to be right. (Proverbs 26:21)
  
• Do not argue. Your effect on someone else’s ego will come to nothing.  (Hos. 4:4)
• Tell your anxieties that everything will be ok. (Phil. 4:6)
• Don’t be in a hurry to speak. Let someone else finish their thought. (Proverbs 29:20).
• Breathe.

From Fr Stephen Freeman's blog - Is Anybody There? Speaking to the Heart