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 Do not be quick, but thoughtful in your response;

Take 24 minutes to respond to a challenging text,
24 hours to respond to an email
24 days to respond to a mailed letter, 
and 24 years to respond to a slight. 

Of His own will He brought us forth by the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures. So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath; for the wrath of man does not produce the righteousness of God. (James 1:18-20)

Why?

The hand of God, creation wrought in flora, earth, and sky.  
In things that creep, or slide, or crawl, that run, or swim, or fly.
In eons past or futures vast, in places far and nigh,
But of creation, only man has dared to question why.