Life is too short to be talking smack about others. Anyone in their right mind will come to their senses and waste many more moments repairing damage their mouth has wreaked. Even someone in their wrong mind, with no conscience, will waste many more moments dealing with the side effects of a mouth run amok. I have a sincere goal of not hurting anyone, for the rest of my life. Oh, don’t get me wrong–I’ll gladly kill someone who would, say, threaten a family member. But other than that, I wish to do no harm. Ever again. When I look back on anyone I have hurt in the past, it has typically been with my mouth. If conversations would not be so difficult, it would be nice to have a five minute delay, to give an ounce more of thought to what we say next. I notice that those clever people I most admire, and most enjoy the company of, build in a delay anyway, and do it so gracefully. I need to practice that habit.
Why simply admire, when one can emulate?
And anyone who disagrees can just talk to the hand!
Good post! Your mouth rarely runs amok–at least not with me! 🙂
Ah, but I need to be on my best behavior with everybody, not just my favorite person in the world!
As an old saying goes, the pen is mightier than the sword, and the tongue is even more pernicious still.
Thank you my friend; and you stay safe in that miserable weather I see on the news in your neighborhood today!