The words fly out. The letters fly from the fingers so quickly on the keyboard. Every day we comment on so many Facebook posts or perhaps even news articles, but do you really think before you speak? Its far too easy these days just to let the words rip, with little thought to what happens after we hit the send button.
I try hard to not speak or write before I think and yet I know I'm not perfect either. I've learned the hard way that sometimes the innocent words that you don't think about, often do long term damage to others. It can alter relationships of people we generally interact online only.
Do you ever stop to think though just what a person may be dealing with in their day? They could have just learned that someone they cared deeply for, passed away. They might have some unexpected bill hit them, leaving them wondering how they would endure. Maybe the boss just treated them like dirt and had no compassion for them, leaving them wondering why they are spending another moment in their job.
Our words can help others and they can hurt others. Our words, whether spoken or written can be our greatest asset or our biggest liability. How many times have you seen someone say or tweet or post something only to have to defend those words later in life. How many times have you seen words come back to haunt someone years later, leaving them destitute.
I try hard to not speak or write before I think and yet I know I'm not perfect either. I've learned the hard way that sometimes the innocent words that you don't think about, often do long term damage to others. It can alter relationships of people we generally interact online only.
Do you ever stop to think though just what a person may be dealing with in their day? They could have just learned that someone they cared deeply for, passed away. They might have some unexpected bill hit them, leaving them wondering how they would endure. Maybe the boss just treated them like dirt and had no compassion for them, leaving them wondering why they are spending another moment in their job.
Our words can help others and they can hurt others. Our words, whether spoken or written can be our greatest asset or our biggest liability. How many times have you seen someone say or tweet or post something only to have to defend those words later in life. How many times have you seen words come back to haunt someone years later, leaving them destitute.

