“She opens her mouth with wisdom, and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue.”— Proverbs 31:26
I’m no model of perfection, thats for sure- I am a woman of modernity, raised to conform to the popular culture… but slowly learning to let grace rule where my pride really really wants to.
For years I mistook sharpness for strength and emotion for power. I thought being tough was the way.
But temper is not strength, it’s unformed virtue needing desperately to be shaped and developed.
When a woman learns temperance, her fire doesn’t die; it’s refined into something with true strength and authentic grit.
Her peace becomes power. Her gentleness becomes authority.
Temperance is the virtue that brings harmony to our emotions and desires, allowing reason to guide feeling and emotion, rather than be ruled by it.
“Angry people are not always wise.”— Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
Prudence is the wisdom to see clearly and choose rightly — to pause, discern, and act in accordance with truth instead of impulse.
Together, they form the quiet strength of a woman who governs herself with grace
The world tells us women to express every feeling, to fight and be heard – but wisdom doesn’t yell or take low shots. Wisdom governs itself, and by its calm composure commands more than rage ever could.
This is how the soul becomes luminous again …not by suppression, but by refinement.
The unformed heart is loud and angry. The virtuous heart is still and dignified.
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