What do we all have that is both seen and unseen, used for good and evil and that we all both have control of and lack control of?
Words.
Words have been on my mind a lot lately. Not the words on this screen, but the words that come out of my mouth, the words that seem to be on the tip of my tongue without me even knowing it.
Like yourself, I’m often unsure of where the words that I speak come from. Sometimes I say things I promise I’d never say. Sometimes I say good things that I never knew I understood. But mostly, I find myself saying things to please people, things that I wouldn’t normally say or subscribe to, but things that I know will make the person I’m talking with happy.
I was listening to an ancient piece of text the other day, and it said that all kinds of animals have been tamed by mankind, but that we have still never been able to tame our tongues. It said that our mouths are restless and have poison in them.
And I can’t help but believe that’s still true, even these thousands of years later after that text was written; we still. have trouble controlling what we say and speak.
Maybe one day we’ll get a grip. Until then, I’ll keep trying to catch the words coming out of my mouth before they come all the way out and admit I’m wrong for the ones that escape that shouldn’t.
-Cliff
Cliff’s Note: Words are like a wine; they can be good when the time is right, good and served among friends, but they can also be bitter, toxic and spilled, ruining a moment and your shirt .