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hatam_soferet) wrote2006-09-07 01:12 pm
hatam_soferet) wrote2006-09-07 01:12 pm
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You need a certain calmness of mind to write good Torah.
Abusive phone calls are not conducive to states of calm.
Abusive phone calls, in fact, make me very angry. I do not respond to abusive people; I say that I'm not interested in having that kind of conversation and then I hang up, because there's no point my sinking to their level by responding in kind and there's certainly no point my listening to it. But after I hang up I'm all seething and ruffled. I don't like having people spew petty venom at me, in all kinds of unreasonable ad hominem attacks.
I know it's unreasonable, I know they're probably venting some kind of weird baggage that has nothing to do with me, I know I shouldn't let them bother me - but there you are. Words have power. The power of malice and the power of Torah don't mix so well.
Tea.
Abusive phone calls are not conducive to states of calm.
Abusive phone calls, in fact, make me very angry. I do not respond to abusive people; I say that I'm not interested in having that kind of conversation and then I hang up, because there's no point my sinking to their level by responding in kind and there's certainly no point my listening to it. But after I hang up I'm all seething and ruffled. I don't like having people spew petty venom at me, in all kinds of unreasonable ad hominem attacks.
I know it's unreasonable, I know they're probably venting some kind of weird baggage that has nothing to do with me, I know I shouldn't let them bother me - but there you are. Words have power. The power of malice and the power of Torah don't mix so well.
Tea.