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THINKING BEFORE SPEAKING
ASSUMPTIONS CAUSE HURT FEELINGS
MISUNDERSTANDINGS THAT LEAVE YOU REELING.
WHAT WAS IT, THAT HIT ME BROADSIDE?
WHY DID IT BRUISE AND DAMAGE MY PRIDE.
BE CAREFUL OF WHAT YOU SPEAK ALOUD
LISTEN TO YOUR THOUGHTS , FOR THEY MAY SOMEHOW
HURT THE RECEIVER, THOUGH YOU MEANT NO HARM
ALWAYS REMEMBER YOUR THOUGHTS MAY BE WRONG.
OPINIONS SOMETIMES, ARE BETTER LEFT UN SAID
BEFORE YOU VOICE THEM, PLAN AHEAD
THE TONGUE IS THE STRONGEST MUSCLE YOU HAVE
AND THE ONLY ONE THAT CAUSES
FEELINGS TO BE SAD.
IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO THINK BEFORE YOU SPEAK
BE CONSIDERATE AND MINDFUL, NOT
THOUGHTLESS AND WEAK
THINK ABOUT HOW YOU WOULD FEEL
IF SOMEONE  CAUSED YOU TO HAVE ILL WILL.
THIS PROBLEM ARISES SOMEWHAT IN MARRIED LIFE,
YOU HUSBANDS MAY ORATE BEFORE YOU THINK, TO YOUR WIFE
GOD MADE WOMEN SENSITIVE, YET STRONG,
SO IF YOU OFFEND THEM, THEY WILL
TELL YOU WHERE YOU WENT WRONG.
SO IF YOU HAVE HAD A MISUNDERTANDING TODAY
NO MATTER WITH WHO, MAKES NO DIFFERENCE EITHER WAY,
STOP AND THINK HOW YOU COULD
HAVE SAID IT BETTER
AND REMEMBER FOR THE NEXT TIME,
MARK IT WITH A RED LETTER!!
WRITTEN BY SHIRLEY BARR
JULY 20, 2004
"MY RED LETTER DAY"
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ACTS  24: 16 ~ AND HEREIN DO I EXERCISE MYSELF, TO HAVE ALWAYS A CONSCIENCE VOID OF OFFENCE TOWARD GOD, AND TOWARD MEN.
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