#MindfulMonday – Be Mindful of Your Words
This week is mid-term elections here in the US and there are a lot of words flying back and forth on both sides of the political aisle.
My caution to you is to be careful what your words really say to others for instance on Sunday on Facebook one of my connections whose politics differ from mine and their posts are sometime challenging to read, posted a comment about some of the celebrities and companies supporting candidates that differ from their perspective.
So I decided to make a comment, here’s what I said, “The really great thing about the USA is that we can have differing opinions – the key is to respect the others as you would like to be respected. They have a right to their opinions as do you! What I don’t respect is the hate filled commentary many are making (not you) all around the US.” And then I received a private message from the poster who said. . .”Agreed – I did start it tho…I’ll take the blame for that.”
My whole point is to be responsible for you words. I offered this individual an opportunity to take perspective. That’s what I see missing a lot especially during this election and thankfully it will be over in a few short hours.
A couple of suggestions for you:
1) Choose your words carefully, they can come back to you in a less than pleasant form.
2) Be responsible for what you say – if you shade the truth then you are not being responsible and more likely to blame someone else for misrepresenting you.
3) Take a breath or three – taking 3 deep heart-focused breaths will get you out of your head and into your heart, into a more neutral state of mind, then you can make a more deliberate response.
4) Encourage others to be aware of their words as well, help them be responsible.
Enjoy this month of gratefulness and be sure to write your gratitudes daily.
Margaret Martin ©2018