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| 2013-07-30Guard Your Mouth
Words hurt
Once upon a time, there was a boy who used to accumulate very bad grades at school and when his mother found out, instead of yelling at him she told him that he could do anything if he believed in himself and that only he could do it better. From that time, he did better in school and learned to accustom himself with people who brought light to his life.
In another story however, a 16-year-old girl fell pregnant and this affected her school work severely. The principal called her parents in and they told her that she was nothing and was a failure and that she would always be a disgrace to them. They told her this in front of the principal and her friends because she also told them that same day that she was pregnant. She was sent home the same day and was only seen later in the evening. When her parents found her, she was already dead. She had committed suicide by hanging herself in her room.
These two stories say a lot about our mouths and the words that come out of them. In the first story, the boy became a better person by reacting positively to what his mother told him, because the message given to him was positive. If her words were negative he could have chosen another direction. The girl in the second story however had a bad influence and negative thoughts spread into her head from the people that were supposed to be there for her, instead of disheartening her. She was probably ashamed after being insulted in front of her friends and the principal. That is why we should always be careful of when we speak and the type of message we are sending out.
Most of the time we do not control what we say, how we say what we say and when we say it. Mostly when a person is discouraged, it’s because of something that someone said or how others treat him/her with their words. There will always come a time in a person’s life when there will be positive or negative people in their life, especially friends, but it is always the negative people who are more prominent than the ones who can build a person’s life. It’s therefore wise to choose your friends carefully whether it’s during good or bad times.
Being who you are and being determined to achieve more is determined by how you react towards certain situations, the people around you and the ones you choose to be around. It can also determine the effects you have on people and the words you say to them. Be careful of what you say to the people around you, because what you say today can have a positive or negative reaction tomorrow. Always remember: the tongue is a double-edged sword.
Toini Niikondo is 20 years old and is studying Pre-hospital Emergency Medical Care at the Polytechnic of Namibia.
These two stories say a lot about our mouths and the words that come out of them. In the first story, the boy became a better person by reacting positively to what his mother told him, because the message given to him was positive. If her words were negative he could have chosen another direction. The girl in the second story however had a bad influence and negative thoughts spread into her head from the people that were supposed to be there for her, instead of disheartening her. She was probably ashamed after being insulted in front of her friends and the principal. That is why we should always be careful of when we speak and the type of message we are sending out.
Most of the time we do not control what we say, how we say what we say and when we say it. Mostly when a person is discouraged, it’s because of something that someone said or how others treat him/her with their words. There will always come a time in a person’s life when there will be positive or negative people in their life, especially friends, but it is always the negative people who are more prominent than the ones who can build a person’s life. It’s therefore wise to choose your friends carefully whether it’s during good or bad times.
Being who you are and being determined to achieve more is determined by how you react towards certain situations, the people around you and the ones you choose to be around. It can also determine the effects you have on people and the words you say to them. Be careful of what you say to the people around you, because what you say today can have a positive or negative reaction tomorrow. Always remember: the tongue is a double-edged sword.
Toini Niikondo is 20 years old and is studying Pre-hospital Emergency Medical Care at the Polytechnic of Namibia.
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