“It takes more to abstain than to err, more to avoid mistakes than to make mistakes; but the good thing is that it gets better with practice.”
by Innocent Mwatsikesimbe — from The Vision, chapter 32
In other words
Doing the harmful thing may take only a moment. Refusing it requires holding emotion, desire, or anger without letting it become action. Silence can demand more strength than the words it prevents.
This restraint is not passive. It is a choice made while another part of the self is asking to be released. Each time calm is kept, the response becomes more familiar and less difficult to find.
Habits grow through practice, including the habit of not acting on every impulse. Mistakes remain easy, but avoidance can become part of character. The strength is built in the repeated space between what is felt and what is finally done.
AI-generated from the author's own text.
Elsewhere
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