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If a person handed your body over to any passer-by, you would be angry; yet you hand over your mind to whoever comes along, and feel no shame.
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What it means today

You guard your body but not your mind. Every passing opinion, headline, and remark is allowed in to rearrange your thoughts. The mind deserves at least as much protection as the body.

Try this todayGuard your mind today as carefully as you would guard your body.
Today’s questionWhat am I letting into my mind without a second thought?
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