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\"\"<\/a>A lot happens in twenty-four hours. Babies are born, healing happens and somewhere, two people fall in love.<\/p>\n

Think about the past twenty-four hours in your own life. Have you felt joy, did you laugh, have you recognized God\u2019s miracles?<\/p>\n

It\u2019s our responsibility to be happy and to bring happiness to others. So how come I was downright rude to the barrista who screwed up my coffee order this morning?<\/p>\n

Author Joseph Telushkin challenges people he meets, to go for twenty-four hours without saying anything unkind about or to anyone. He says people laugh nervously at his suggestion and he tells them;<\/p>\n

\u201cThen you have a serious problem, because if I were to ask you to go for twenty-four hours without any alcohol, and you said you couldn\u2019t, that would mean you\u2019re an alcoholic. And if you couldn\u2019t go twenty-four hours without smoking a cigarette, that would mean you were addicted to nicotine. And if you can\u2019t go for twenty-four hours without speaking unkindly about or to another, that means you\u2019ve lost control over your mouth, and regaining such control will require vigilance.\u201d<\/p>\n

Try it. Note the time and get started. Tomorrow, twenty-four hours from now, reflect on the challenge and notice how speaking kindly, brings you kindness.<\/p>\n

Share with us how you did and take the poll\u00a0to see how you compared with others. Go\u2014 and speak kindly.<\/p>\n

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