"A word aptly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver."
Proverbs 25:11
Sometimes I take undue pride in my ability
to speak succinctly and frankly.
Yesterday however, I was stopped short as I listened to someone share their reasons for holding their tongue and not saying what was on their mind to someone they knew. They wanted to treat that person with a certain gentleness that they needed. They knew the person well enough, to know what they could handle—and what could possibly harm.
I realized that my readiness to speak out is often done without consideration —without that pause, to think first of the other person.
I need to learn to carry my words carefully —to give them out slowly.
Learn to listen more. Speak less.
I need to learn to hold my words for necessary moments
—for moments the words fit.
3 comments:
Hey you haven't blogged for ages. I miss reading. Tried to find your email today but must have lost it when my pc crashed. Can you email me?
This has been a recent epiphany for me, also. A difficult thing for those of us who feel that everything we think is so important to say, to share with those less brilliant, less funny, just less.
This has been a recent epiphany for me, also. A difficult thing for those of us who feel that everything we think is so important to say, to share with those less brilliant, less funny, just less.
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