Temper: 10 Things
#177 in a series of wild and precious ways we become more moderate.
1. TWIL
This week I considered temper. About halfway through my week I realized, with a wave of deep gratitude mixed with laughter, that the end result of the past several years has felt a bit like being tempered — what metal or chocolate or glass or clay must feel like when they are tempered.
Temper, temperance, temperate — We become modified by life, ov…