JeffAnsell.com - Don't Be So Quick to Speak

Once a word leaves your lips, it's on its way to Mars.

It doesn't disappear.

It reverberates.

It ripples.

When we were kids we'd get into a fight in the schoolyard. We'd get a punch in the stomach and double over a little bit, but ten minutes later you'd forget about it. The pain goes away.

But, if you're a child, and somebody says something to you, like, "Her sister's the pretty one, his brother's the smart one," the comment can be forty, fifty, or sixty years old and those ugly words still live on in the universe.

We have a responsibility to use words in a responsible fashion.

Having the ability to use words is sacred. It's a gift, but we use our words in such mischievous ways, and we demean other people when we don't think about what we say.

It's a terrible thing to demean or embarrass another human being. It's an act of theft. You're stealing a person's dignity and esteem. You have no right to do that.

We should use our words to build others up. Help them feel good about themselves. Lift them up.

Think of the words that leave your lips.

It's a bit like toothpaste.

Once you squeeze it ...
it doesn't go back in.


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