Day 253 of wisdom
“Be sure to taste your words before you spit them out.”
Auliq Ice
It is a basic human right to be able to say whatever you want to say, however you want to say it, in any medium you want to say it, but it is not right to say words that are intended to demean, destroy, and disrespect any human being irrespective of race, colour, social status, job, gender, or age. Engaging in such acts is a direct violation of someone else's human rights. Although free, words can cost so much if recklessly used. Your liberty to say whatever you want to say, is not the liberty to use it rashly, or carelessly. You must be careful what you utter.
People's utterances have brought them great destruction, and disrepute, others have through their words gotten to heights they never imagined they would attain. Whatever we say today may not hurt us today, but come to hunt us in the future. Carl Sandburg once said "Be careful with your words, once they are are said, they can only be forgiven, not forgotten." words once spoken never go away, they have a way of sticking around even as long as a lifetime, and can always come back against us.
Our words can be kind, and given out as invaluable gifts to someone who need it; they can be used to lift people from despair to desiring a better life; they can be used to transform someone's bad day into an entirely blissful day, like Yehuda Berg said, "Words have energy and power with the ability to help, to heal, to hinder, to hurt, to harm, to humiliate, and to humble." The way we use our words determines what it does.
Our words say the kind of person we are, when we talk, we declare with our mouths who we are, and what we are made of. Our words originates from our thoughts, and our thoughts are a true reflection of our personality. Silence is sometimes the best way to live happily. If we understand the power of our words, we would realise that true wisdom is in uttering few words, we would prefer to remain silent than say words that may bring negativity to our space. Before you say a word, taste it, think about it, digest it and see if its impact after it is dropped will be positive or negative, then you can decide if to spill it out or not.
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