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Always Think Before you Speak
2 years ago
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Hello everyone.
Well it’s been quite some time since my last journal hasn’t it? I don’t normally have much to say here really, but today I do. And it’s very important.
This journal doesn’t refer to a situation I’ve personally experienced, nor does it refer to any situation specifically. It’s more a general life lesson I suppose, or friendly warning I guess you could say. And that is that you should always, ALWAYS think before you speak and before you act. Always consider that the words you say or the actions you take have very real consequences, on yourself, or on other people depending on the intention behind them, and who they are targeted towards.
Always consider that things can have a knock on effect, and that all it takes is for one person to say something about someone else for many things to come crashing down around them. Sometimes that is a fate that is well deserved, but that is not what I’m talking about here. I’m talking about when it is NOT deserved, when rumours and misinformation are directed towards someone purely with the intent of hurting them, because you have vicious and malicious intent. Because you feel you may have been wronged by that person in some way, so feel the need to retaliate, and get revenge on them.
But perhaps you don’t consider the gravity of what you’re choosing to do. What other factors in that person’s life you might impact when you take such a course of action. What things might change for the worse for them, and potentially even whether people will leave their side, based entirely on what you say or do. Or perhaps you are fully aware of the consequences of such a course of action, in which case, why? Does it really make anything better for yourself by hurting someone like that? Does it really right the wrong you perceive to have been inflicted upon you?
And if you are so adamant to take that course of action, that you’d even go so far as to try falsifying evidence to aid your manufactured arguments, perhaps reflect on the sort of person YOU are. About what such actions say about your own state of mind. We all have darkness, but perhaps a person that would do something like that has greater darkness than most. But remember, there are always two sides to every story, not just yours. And it’s important to get both sides of that story before any judgements can be made.
Oftentimes, most arguments and disagreements can be resolved if you just talk things out with the person in question. If you are diplomatic instead of throwing a potentially innocent person into the flames of public backlash, then not only can you save that person a whole world of pain, but you can soothe your own mind of whatever troubled you in the first place. And in this crazy world we live in, full of conflict and strife, the more we all work towards peace with each other, the more we can build towards happiness for all. Even if it can sometimes be difficult, never fail to be kind if you can help it, and always strive to do the right thing as much as you can. And that’s a lesson for us all.
Heh, guess that’s about all I have to say really. Again, this isn’t referring to anything or anyone specific, it’s just something I’ve had on my mind recently. Feel free to leave feedback if you wish, but do please keep things civil. There’s no reason we can’t all get along with one another after all.
I hope you are all staying safe and keeping well, please take care ^u^
- RussieBear
Well it’s been quite some time since my last journal hasn’t it? I don’t normally have much to say here really, but today I do. And it’s very important.
This journal doesn’t refer to a situation I’ve personally experienced, nor does it refer to any situation specifically. It’s more a general life lesson I suppose, or friendly warning I guess you could say. And that is that you should always, ALWAYS think before you speak and before you act. Always consider that the words you say or the actions you take have very real consequences, on yourself, or on other people depending on the intention behind them, and who they are targeted towards.
Always consider that things can have a knock on effect, and that all it takes is for one person to say something about someone else for many things to come crashing down around them. Sometimes that is a fate that is well deserved, but that is not what I’m talking about here. I’m talking about when it is NOT deserved, when rumours and misinformation are directed towards someone purely with the intent of hurting them, because you have vicious and malicious intent. Because you feel you may have been wronged by that person in some way, so feel the need to retaliate, and get revenge on them.
But perhaps you don’t consider the gravity of what you’re choosing to do. What other factors in that person’s life you might impact when you take such a course of action. What things might change for the worse for them, and potentially even whether people will leave their side, based entirely on what you say or do. Or perhaps you are fully aware of the consequences of such a course of action, in which case, why? Does it really make anything better for yourself by hurting someone like that? Does it really right the wrong you perceive to have been inflicted upon you?
And if you are so adamant to take that course of action, that you’d even go so far as to try falsifying evidence to aid your manufactured arguments, perhaps reflect on the sort of person YOU are. About what such actions say about your own state of mind. We all have darkness, but perhaps a person that would do something like that has greater darkness than most. But remember, there are always two sides to every story, not just yours. And it’s important to get both sides of that story before any judgements can be made.
Oftentimes, most arguments and disagreements can be resolved if you just talk things out with the person in question. If you are diplomatic instead of throwing a potentially innocent person into the flames of public backlash, then not only can you save that person a whole world of pain, but you can soothe your own mind of whatever troubled you in the first place. And in this crazy world we live in, full of conflict and strife, the more we all work towards peace with each other, the more we can build towards happiness for all. Even if it can sometimes be difficult, never fail to be kind if you can help it, and always strive to do the right thing as much as you can. And that’s a lesson for us all.
Heh, guess that’s about all I have to say really. Again, this isn’t referring to anything or anyone specific, it’s just something I’ve had on my mind recently. Feel free to leave feedback if you wish, but do please keep things civil. There’s no reason we can’t all get along with one another after all.
I hope you are all staying safe and keeping well, please take care ^u^
- RussieBear
I have been a victim of this. And it was a shock, because I keep my conflicts personal. So I thoughts other did too. But then it turns out people do take sides based on what they are told, and not what they personaly experience.
I thought that stupidity ended in high-school but it seems adults do it too. And they happily take someone's skewed retale as the one truth.
I think you've got a wonderful point when you state how different actions can define what kind of person one is. I have a bit of a temper, and I'm brutally straightforward, but in my defence, I allow others to be the same towards me.
Yet, that's not how some people work. They instead want revenge for something stupid that happened between them and another person. And as someone who never holds grudges, or would get out of their way to hurt someone else, it was a bit of nasty shock to find that attitude here.
I think it is a lack of maturity, perhaps. And a lack of facing real physical hardships in real life. The moment you suffer real misery is the time you learn compassion and to detach from shallow thing. It's okay to be angry, and to choose to leave someone's side, but as you say, seeking revenge-and lying to accomplish those goals-definitely speaks of a rotten mind.