tact - noun
1. a keen sense of what to say or do to avoid giving offense; skill in dealing with difficult or delicate situations.
How many times do we regret something we've said or just haven't been able to convey what you wanted to say correctly? Then there are those times that whatever you said just screws everything up. Yea one of those moments unfortunately happened to me this past weekend. Had I just kept my comments to myself, the situation would not have become difficult and/or tense. Yet because my mouth is not trained to hold back comments from time to time, the comment slipped and there I was screwing myself over with a friend. <insert big sigh here>
Anyways with that being said if you're reading this post, just think about how many times you've heard in your life on how powerful your words can be. I mean growing up the statement of "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me." we all realized how false that saying was, then of course the countless Bible verses heard in Sunday school on how the tongue is. Proverbs 21:23 being an example "Whoever keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps himself out of trouble." point in case; keeping your tongue/mouth in check is a good thing.
Now don't get me wrong, I am definitely not encouraging people to just shut up and be quiet for the rest of their lives. More so I'm saying that people (myself included) need to THINK before they speak. We've all heard it before and I myself have constantly berated my younger brother on that point. But just ponder on what good could come out if you actually thought out everything correctly and spoke with the tact.
All this made me think about this one song. Enjoy and if you have thoughts I'd love to hear em.
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