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Be GOOD!&#8221; \u00c2\u00a0Christianity and Judaism (Islam, too I guess) have always been basically guilt-mongering religions with so much emphasis on sin, sin, SIN and how &#8220;bad&#8221; we all are. I like this positive way of flipping things around.<\/p>\n<p>I have heard mothers say to their children things like, &#8220;don&#8217;t let your ugly out&#8221; and &#8220;sorry my ugly came out.&#8221; \u00c2\u00a0 I&#8217;ve heard ministers say that last to their congregations actually&#8230;hee hee. \u00c2\u00a0So we can refer to our inner good the same way. \u00c2\u00a0DO let your &#8220;good&#8221; out. A whole new tactic to use on the kiddos&#8230;. 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