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Matthew 4:4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. I know the refrigerator word magnets have gone the way of the Rubik's Cube. Passe. No longer cutting edge, yet on the high school's Guidance Department's office metal file cabinet next to the chairs where students wait to see us, the swami school counselors, these word magnets and phrases provides a psychological palette for the students who come in. The combinations can be silly or sad, and even occasionally profound.  I review the work regularly to observe what is going through the students' minds. And more importantly, what is stirring in their souls. The other day I saw a girl student feverishly composing her words like Beethoven at the piano. I am not sure if she is the one who constructed this above but I surmise that she was. Her affect and engagement reflected a seriousness that seemed congruent to the expr