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		PUT OUT THE FIRE WITH LOVE Put a flame to alcohol, pull the trigger of a gun, or toss a tube of nitroglycerin, and you get AN EXPLOSION... Raise your voice to match a parent's, close your ears to criticism, or try to "tell" others their faults, an you get AN EXPLOSION... Water quenches the first, but what about the second? Words aren't enough. Ignoring it kindles it, and bitterness, anger, or hatred actually fans the flame. But LOVE...love works. There can be no explosion where there is no powder of anger. Love swallows the arrow and embraces its archer. Love is the answer. The next time someone attacks, don't retreat, don't combat. Step off the battlefield and love. The explosion can't last.
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