Tuesday; June 10
Have you ever had someone say something to you that immediately raises your blood pressure? You can almost feel the vein in the middle of your forehead stick out and feel the appearance of the redness on your cheeks. When this happens, our tempers (and temperature) raises and we start calculating what we can say to defend our opinion and defeat the ignorance of what has been said. When this happens, what do we do? Maybe a better question is, what should we do? It is so easy to lash out at people and teach them a lesson – but is that really the most effective approach? I have learned that when I feel like I need to say something, it is usually a good reminder to say nothing! It may take an incredible amount of restraint, but it is better to swallow our mean-spirited words than have to apologize for them later on. We live in a world where we are often judged by what we say but, often, we would be much better off if we practiced silence. Most...