Talking Without Thinking

[Ariela]

It's amazing
The hurtful things that people say and do
In the name of honesty
To get things "off their chest"
To gain sympathy
To get ahead
What they don't see
Is they aren't really being honest
Or even helping anything
They just plunge a knife in
And twist it slowly
For nothing but their own immediate pleasure
How hard would it be
To show some tact
And even some love
For those that they don't know
Or even particularly care about
But who care about them
They have the fleeting satisfaction
Of having the last word
Getting in that dig
But in the process they hurt
Judge without a trial or jury
And they lose in the end

 

[Yoyi]

I think we are all guilty of this. All we can do is work on making ourselves better.

 

[whippiechick]

*hugz* for dana. Sorry girl I am hear for ya..

 

[Ariela]

It's all better now, but this still holds true. It's amazing how the most innocent things that are said can be the most hurtful.

 

[cherub]

beautiful words ,,,yoyi right we all do it, not meaning to.
guess we need to remember to look at being in someone elses shoes
((((HUGS))))
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~~~~CHERUB~~~~
Aka: Mommyhen

 

[CARESS]

I have been in situations where during the course of a disagreement, it degenerated down to who came out the winner at the other end.
Then sadly we look at the rubble left afterwards....wondering if it was really worth the cost.
Dana, I am still learning how and when NOT to speak. For if I hurt another for the sake of self gratification, then I have lost already.
Thank you for your wonderful piece here..full of lessons. Thank you for reminding me today that each act and each word has affect on others.
Much Love,
Caress

 

[ezduzit68]

your words are so real

 

[HakunaMatata]

WOW!!!!!!!!
Dana, it's my turn to feel the words of my mind being eloquently expressed by the beauty of your words.
Too often for too long, until the patterns become virtually unbreakable, until something...someone...needs to break.
However, transformation towards something better, no matter how broken the pieces are to start off with, is worth the created masterpiece.
I love you girl. Your wisdom is peaceful in the fact that knowledge IS power.
-Amina
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[Ariela]

Thanks for everyone's kind words. Kind of ironic that this got bumped again, because this subject was revisited this morning, except this time I was the one plunging the knife. I had no idea what was going on with it, but it does suck the other way too, even worse in a way, because I hurt a beautiful human being. And I'm not sure it'll ever be repaired.

I love you all.
[This message has been edited by Ariela (edited 10 October 2000).]