I have been struggling with speaking too quickly. I need to think before I put the words out there. I had recently said something in whirl of emotion and caused a catastrophe to be undone. It made me think of the power and authority Jesus gave us, *"whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do..." (John 14:12)
The same thing can happen when we tell people about our health ills (worsening them?). Proclaiming this or that to be so, backed by the power we are given, should be wielded with respect. I have a very short window to stop or control what comes out of my mouth. I am working on that. But I am adding your 'look before you leap' advice to my self-control efforts. They are both worth striving for in order to avoid the should-a, could-a, would-a that comes after any decision. Loved your post and your pictures.
Greetings @greenthings ,
Thank you for your kind comment...appreciate hearing from you.
Oh yes...self-control always pays off.
Hope you are enjoying your time on Hive.
Kind Regards, Bleujay
From your last sentence, I understand the comment is for Bluejay.
But allow me to interact because I identify with what you wrote. I suffer from the same problem, but a simple therapy has helped me a lot: counting slowly to 7 before reacting, before speaking. And I recall Psalm 141:3 -
"Set a guard over my mouth, Lord; keep watch over the door of my lips."
Well said.
This verse is a fave!
Kind Regards, Bleujay
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Yes. I hit reply at the bottom of the post but it ended up under your comment. I think it may be the yandex browser that I am trying. This is the second time this has happened. I will try my next post comment from PeakD or something.
Thanks.
And it is nice to meet you @cyrptoreforma
No problem. It happens to me countless times too, especially with posts that have many comments spaced out over time.
It helped us get to know each other. Nice to meet you.🤝