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X-WR-CALDESC:<i>The tenth step of humility is that we are not given to read
 y laughter\, for it is written:'Only fools raise their voices in laughter 
 (Sir 21:23).'</i>\n\nHumor and laughter are not necessarily the same thing
 . Humor permits us to see into life from a fresh and gracious perspective.
  We learn to take ourselves more lightly in the presence of good humor. Hu
 mor gives us the strength to bear what cannot be changed\, and the sight t
 o see the human under the pompous. Laughter\, on the other hand\, is an ex
 pression of emotion commonly inveighed against in the best finishing schoo
 ls and the upper classes of society for centuries. Laughter was considered
  vulgar\, crude\, cheap\, a loud demonstration of a lack of self-control.
 \n\nIn the tenth degree of humility\, Benedict does not forbid humor. On t
 he contrary\, Benedict is insisting that we take our humor very seriously.
  Everything we laugh at is not funny. Some things we laugh at are\, in fac
 t\, tragic and need to be confronted. Ethnic jokes are not funny. Sexist j
 okes are not funny. The handicaps of suffering people are not funny. Porno
 graphy and pomposity and shrieking\, mindless noise is not funny. Derision
  is not funny\, sneers and sarcasm and snide remarks\, no matter how witty
 \, how pointed\, how clever\, how cutting\, are not funny. They are cruel.
  The humble person never uses speech to grind another person to dust. The 
 humble person cultivates a soul in which everyone is safe. A humble person
  handles the presence of the other with soft hands\, a velvet heart and an
  unveiled mind.
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DESCRIPTION:<i>The tenth step of humility is that we are not given to ready
  laughter\, for it is written:'Only fools raise their voices in laughter (
 Sir 21:23).'</i>\n\nHumor and laughter are not necessarily the same thing.
  Humor permits us to see into life from a fresh and gracious perspective. 
 We learn to take ourselves more lightly in the presence of good humor. Hum
 or gives us the strength to bear what cannot be changed\, and the sight to
  see the human under the pompous. Laughter\, on the other hand\, is an exp
 ression of emotion commonly inveighed against in the best finishing school
 s and the upper classes of society for centuries. Laughter was considered 
 vulgar\, crude\, cheap\, a loud demonstration of a lack of self-control.\n
 \nIn the tenth degree of humility\, Benedict does not forbid humor. On the
  contrary\, Benedict is insisting that we take our humor very seriously. E
 verything we laugh at is not funny. Some things we laugh at are\, in fact\
 , tragic and need to be confronted. Ethnic jokes are not funny. Sexist jok
 es are not funny. The handicaps of suffering people are not funny. Pornogr
 aphy and pomposity and shrieking\, mindless noise is not funny. Derision i
 s not funny\, sneers and sarcasm and snide remarks\, no matter how witty\,
  how pointed\, how clever\, how cutting\, are not funny. They are cruel. T
 he humble person never uses speech to grind another person to dust. The hu
 mble person cultivates a soul in which everyone is safe. A humble person h
 andles the presence of the other with soft hands\, a velvet heart and an u
 nveiled mind.
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LOCATION:Chapter 7
SUMMARY:Humility
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