I have decided to give up chocolate…for a month. And for me, that’s huge. That’s the equivalent of an alcoholic giving up alcohol for a month.
Why did I decide to do this? Well after becoming more spiritual and much more humble I decided to give up or to fast something I love for a period [...]

Whoever closes his ear to the cry of the poor
will himself call out and not be answered.
-Proverbs 21:13

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A gossip betrays a confidence, but a trustworthy man keeps a
secret.
Proverbs 11:13