Day 153: "Not Everything That Is Thought Should Be Said"
Ain't that the truth.
But we already knew that right? I mean we all grew up with idioms like "if you have nothing nice to say, don't say anything at all." Obviously we're allowed to think whatever we want but as soon as our words pass from coming from a good place to anything less, we should be filtering our speech and choosing to say only the things that are helpful, compassionate, etc.
Rabbi Israel Salanter said "not everything that is thought should be said. And not everything that is said should be repeated. And not everything that is repeated should be remembered." Take this to heart both if you are the speaker and the listener. Sometimes, if someone said something that inadvertently offended us, it is our job to take it with a grain of salt and realize that the person didn't mean to offend us and just let it slide from there.
In addition to this, a Yiddish saying goes "who is a hero? One who can suppress a wisecrack." I have a long way to becoming a hero if this is the case, I tend to make jokes a lot...not necessarily inappropriately, just a lot. I worked on this today and tried to suppress my jokes a couple times. In all honesty, I'm not sure what effect it had on me or those around me, so I'll have to watch that more closely.
Gear up for the end of the week! Almost there!
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