“It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one’s mouth and remove all doubt.” – Mark Twain.
Here lies a day and age where there is constant jibber and pissible jabber that leads to the wind taking it no where. It goes no where and has no legs as we may call them to land on the ground sensibly.
This quote is wise and well-known to me because of the Bible. I was told to be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to wrath. The mouth is an audible vessel which always wants to be out and attend to the waters. The dog is scratching at the door saying, “Let me out, let me out!” Same it is with the relentless tongue and much abuse is continuously notorious for this advantage of gaining the threshold of the lips. If a castle doesn’t put up the bridge then the siege will walk straight through the defense and the end is very nigh. If you don’t put up your tongue and even close your lips then your city is besieged.
There are many examples in daily life and their are the hints in the conscience of this precious truth. Many times one may regret a word or two that was said and because of it a “Civil War” has arose in the household. Things that left unsaid can be a virtue except when charity is in the stable.
When I write at all; it is to myself especially. I can named listlessly of times where i have promised to my self that I will not speak vainly but its hard to do just that. The desire of man to relinquish on their foes and tell their enemies their mind is a thorn in the flesh. Its like a small pebble in the shoe and the irritation will not subside unless you take it out. Take it out! In this case its the reverse! Hold it in! By the love of peace and quietness hold your tongue or it will betray you immediately. It may even be the death of you!
Jesus said (These are not the exact words), “Nothing that goes in the mouth defiles the body but that which comes out!” He was talking about eating and speaking. A person with unclean hands does not defile themselves, a person that eats pork or shellfish will not (uncooked food may proceed to vomit in some cases) be damned but they with the unclean tongue. Satan used this sword with much trickery and deceitfulness and cloth it with apples of silver but in the end there is death! The lips may be like honey but the end is bitterness! Beware self and what you justify in yourself!
I remember a story of Abraham Lincoln who spoke very little when it came to his political campaign. Each word he spoke were filled with gun powder that was in a weapon whose duty was to fire with exact precision. He spoke just a few sentences when he spoke to city to city on his way to the White house! It was enough though! It seems like a man with few words shows that their is more where that came from. When a person exhausts his supply everywhere he goes; he has none left for himself.
I don’t know if this will be something I myself will be able to preform but its worth a fixed goal nonetheless!