Today is a day to speak with integrity.

Usually this means slowing down and being present in my interactions with my fellow travellers. Our ability to speak is such a powerful tool, it is a gift really. One that we often use without much thought behind it. My parents told me “ Sticks and stones can break your bones but words can never hurt you”. Well, they were wrong on that point. Words can cut deep and unlike a physical injury we can’t see the damage and we can’t tell if it is healing.

How often have I carried a sentence someone spoke to me for days, weeks, months or even years. Letting it fester and infect other parts of me. How often has someone carried my words with them in the same manner.

It would be such so much better to speak less but more mindfully. To use the gift of speech more sparingly, and to listen more. To take a moment before I respond to my fellow travellers and let my words be in line with who I am, be kind and be necasarry. Just because I can doesn’t mean I always should. Silence is ok too.

Rosetta Sandrers