Again violence-Columbine-Virginia Tech-now Arizona. Once again a feeling of deep sorrow. Once again powerless. But not powerless in our own lives! Not powerless to keep the angry, destructive, violent rhetoric out of our own lives. We have power to alter the way we speak when we are angry...to our children, to our spouses, to the clerk in the store. If we just pay attention to the words and the tone we use, we set an example to our family and to those who hear us...at the mall, at the grocery store, in the restaurant. Our daughters learn how to speak with friends and acquaintances as they hear us speak to them. One only has to visit a grandaughter to become very aware of that phenomena.
Speaking in loving ways also decreases the internal anger we feel. It is healthy for us. It is a way to take care of ourselves. It is a way we decrease the violence.
A recent meditation-"Prevent us from speaking in any way that hurts another." We have power to change ourselves.
Listen to yourself these next few days.
Blessings-Penny
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