Somebody says something and you feel yourself close. Your face goes still, something in your chest shuts, and what comes out afterwards is polite and about ten degrees colder. This one is about what the hardening is protecting, what it costs you rather than them, and why the practice of peace starts a great deal closer to home than most of us think.

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