Shhhh . . .

Here's a proverb to tape to your bedroom door for your siblings and parents -- or to hand out to your "morning people" friends at camps and retreats. It's wisdom is even more deeply felt during the summer and on Saturdays.

If a man loudly blesses his neighbor early in the morning, it will be taken as a curse.

--Proverbs 27:14

As a rule, all blessings before, say, 8 a.m., should be quiet ones. Sincere nods are even better. Who says the Bible isn't practical?