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| Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place but far more difficult still, is leaving unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment. Benjamin Franklin |
The heart of this post is based on my inward reactions these days when watching people...listening to the words flying...and what's taking place around us! Seems there is a horrific amount of anger and the fallout it spawns is... well...sickening. Sad, sad.
That buzz word defined: Truthiness is 'What I say is right, and [nothing] anyone else says could possibly be true.' It's not only that I feel it to be true, but that I feel it to be true. There's not only an emotional quality, but there's a selfish quality'.
I'm intimately familiar with the 'foot in the mouth' condition...gag! Too much of the time it walks right in...rudely uninvited! And believe me, those words taste much worse coming up than when they were going down! Yuck
Words are liable to get extremely emotional at time. Wow! Emotions are difficult to manage...and that, my friends, is an understatement. Some fortunates seem to rein theirs in with little effort expended. And then there are others (me for one) who seem to have a monumental struggle with it.
I'm learning to 'lock-jaw' when necessary because I know careless words can mentally slay people! Personally? Hmm, they make me physically ill and it takes much time for me to recover. Words cut to the quick.
I wish I could say I've never hurt anyone w/words; I can't. Several years ago I did/said/wrote some of the most terribly hateful things...it pains me to this day and I am so sorry, so very sorry!
'Truthiness' is rampant in politics; I sometimes think we, the public, are so accustomed to it that we're immune to its viciousness. Not to be outdone, it rears its fierce head in religion/churches as well. Now, that's really sad. Christians are supposed to be better than that, aren't we?
Okay, quite often I internally disagree w/people; who doesn't? However, I'm not one for confrontations (hey, I don't even like debates) so I rarely go public with a disagreement unless...unless...I'm deposited into one w/o an escape hatch...ouch! Now that can become downright dangerous. The thing I have to keep at the forefront of my thinking is...it is not imperative for me to 'have the last word'. Why in the world is that so #1 important?
Confrontations via written vs face-to-face confrontations? Which do you prefer? Tell you which is easiest...written. Face-to-face require extreme composure; believe me, I'm mastering self control on such occasions.
You know M reads to me every single morning...we don't miss which is a credit to M. He loves reading to me and I love listening. He's my...well...he's my everything on earth. God has grown me up spiritually with Michael as His assistant.
Now M has self control...the only time I get excited is when his nostrils turn white...(I make sure I am quietly observant). Those are close encounters of the married kind...can't get any closer confrontation than that. (Sidenote ~ M's my 'editor'...he laughed about 'his white nostrils'...glad he has a good sense of humor!)
Political dissension, religious dissension, family dissension, job dissension...you name it and there's dissension. Goes on and on like a prize fight only there's never a bell to end the fight and someone continues getting beat up!
Incidentally, I need to keep in mind that it don't gotta' be 'my way or the highway'. This is an angry society but it doesn't mean I have to be angry, too. I will not participate in that...no way!
I tell myself His Spirit is whispering...'Vasca, be careful...make peace...it's selfish for you to have the last word to win & tear someone to shreds...that's no way for you to be, child...weigh your words'.
Yesterday my words helped heal someone; today my words didn't hurt anyone...how 'bout yours?
Think about it, I am!
From my heart...to yours
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