Isaiah 54:17 · World English Bible
No weapon that is formed against you will prevail; and you will condemn every tongue that rises against you in judgment. This is the heritage of Yahweh’s servants, and their righteousness is of me,” says Yahweh.
The sharpest weapons aimed at a person are the accusing voices, and the sharpest of those speaks from inside his own head. A settled self-image disarms them.
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CYBERNETICS
The sharpest weapons aimed at a person are the accusing voices, and the sharpest of those speaks from inside his own head. A settled self-image disarms them. The insult that would have wounded a shrinking man lands on a steady one and simply falls.
Such attacks will not finally prosper against someone whose worth is not on loan from the crowd. His standing does not come from winning the argument. Worth like that is granted, an inheritance held from a source higher than any critic. A man rooted in that given worth answers every hostile tongue by refusing to hand it the last word.
Cybernetics lens
Who have I been letting have the last word about me?
No one can harm you without your help. The insult becomes an injury only at the moment you pick it up and carry it.
The Buddha, insulted at length, asked what becomes of a gift the receiver declines. The hostile word stays with the one who offered it.
What you are was given, not earned in the marketplace. No one who did not grant your worth has the standing to take it back.
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