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The Open Mind..."Action/Consequence"

posted January 12, 2007 - 1:12am
The Open Mind..."Action/Consequence"

So I'm sitting here with enough energy to jump thru a wall. I'm supposed to be on my way to the gym for my daily routine, so why am I still sitting here in this room? I'll tell you why. Action/Consequence.
Recently I've had a refresher course in a very important lesson that I learned years ago. Say what you mean and mean what you say. As The Lord put it..."It's not what goes into your mouth that defiles a man, but what comes out of the mouth that defiles a man." (http://bible1.crosswalk.com/OnlineStudyBible/bible.cgi)This is one of the truest statements I've ever come across. Especially in the beginning of the year 2007.

Words can definitely hurt people. Words can cause very damaging deep wounds that can cause lots of problems in relationships, Friendships, Business relations, International Relations as we all know and especially boyfriend/girlfriend relationships or marriage.
It is an absolute must to always think before you speak. Always reflect on what type of consequences or effects the words that are about to come out of your mouth will have on the people that surround you.
If you're not careful, you could lose a friend or loved one that you never really intended to hurt.
We as humans are emotional beings. I don't care how much of a thug you think you are. Even Tupac had emotions. I mean he made a song called "Dear Momma" and "Brenda" (www.artistdirect.com/nad/music/artist/webs/0,,394931,00.html) We as humans always react on emotions. Anger, pride, greed, love, passion, etc...
I am very aware of this and normally take the route of caution and make it a point to speak logically with facts. If I don't know the facts, I learn them. Unfortunately on one Gloomy New Years Eve celebration not too long ago, I had a little bit too much liquid courage and caused extensive damage to a very important relationship of mine. The person I hurt directly is someone I Love and who is Extremely important to me. At this point I'm sad to say that I'm not sure I can repair the damage.
We are both able to recognize that I'm making very big efforts to try and mend things and the other is doing everything possible to get past it but it doesn't look like it's going to work.
The only thing I can do at this point is be patient, with lots of prayer and remain faithful. So to the rest of you out there with enough time to waste on my countless thoughts and read them here at xomba.... the lesson here is Say what you mean and mean what you say. Reacting out of impulse never helps unless you're in grave danger and it's a reflex.

Chief



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