Think

All things that are said In the heat of the moment. Will be regretted In the cold light of day. So think!before you speak For we can never take back All those hurtful things We never meant to say.

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Darlene De Beaulieu

Date: 4/28/2025 11:38:00 AM

Hello John yes this is so true. Well said. x xx /Darlene/

Darlene De Beaulieu
Date: 4/30/2025 2:37:00 PM

Hello John Read, You are very welcome. Enjoy your evening ./Darlene/xx

John Read
Date: 4/30/2025 11:52:00 AM

Thank you Darlene for your visit and comment God bless you. xx

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 3/31/2025 10:10:00 PM

A simple but very important message. Well done.

John Read
Date: 4/1/2025 10:37:00 AM

Thank you Andrea for your visit and welcoming comment.

David Crandall

Date: 3/30/2025 10:58:00 PM

That is a really great piece of practical advice. I wish I followed it more - lol. Someone once told me to every day remind yourself to "communicate skillfully", by which, I think he was meaning something like what you've just said.

John Read
Date: 3/31/2025 9:11:00 AM

Thank you David for your visit and comment, have a lovely day.

Panagiota Romios

Date: 3/26/2025 1:56:00 PM

Hi John! Love the poem~ you reminded me of a saying I heard 56 years ago,)))) ACTION NOT REACTiON…Also…but I thought of a saying when I was 10 years old~ …Love many. trust few..Always, paddle your own canoe. ))); Too many people put on smiley faces but are more than happy to tear us to pieces, let them! You, John, will always have true friends. Love, Pangie xx

John Read
Date: 3/27/2025 12:03:00 PM

Thank you Pangie your an angel, sending you my love and best wishes God bless. xx

Duke Beaufort

Date: 3/25/2025 2:52:00 PM

Hi John....like the feathers of a pillow scattered in the wind from a top of a mountain that the wise sage asked the impulsive one to release and then put back. You note that anger (heat of the moment) might tell us to exercise a bit of constraint as we've probably been triggered. Reason is such an under appreciated thing, but you exude it! Smiles!!

John Read
Date: 3/26/2025 10:14:00 AM

Hi Duke your comment is far better than my poem, thank you for your words of wisdom.

Daniel Henry Rodgers

Date: 3/24/2025 7:27:00 AM

Hello John, Great Wisdom! The mouth spews whats in the recesses of the brain and yes, take a moment to cool our jets. Loved reading you this morning. Spring Blessings, My Friend, Daniel

John Read
Date: 3/25/2025 11:47:00 AM

Thank you Daniel for your heartwarming comment.

Gershon Wolf

Date: 3/23/2025 8:05:00 PM

Good policy -- as well as Pause, Count to 100, Reread, b4 you click and send.

John Read
Date: 3/25/2025 11:47:00 AM

That's the best policy Gershon.

Tom Cunningham

Date: 3/23/2025 12:43:00 PM

We've all been there John saying things in the heat of the moment and regretting it afterwards. I try and live by Engage Brain Before Opening My mouth. It's saved me a few times. Tom

Panagiota Romios
Date: 3/26/2025 2:18:00 PM

ROFLMAO, Tom,Mouths speak with no brain! And harm others, too As long as we live, people will do this! I keep trusting people who are liars. I would love people to be honest with me,, I seem to uncover Jekyll and Hydes in the main. I am not the only one. God knows all we do. So humanity paves its own way to heaven or hell.Hugs, Pangie .

John Read
Date: 3/25/2025 11:46:00 AM

Same here Tom, I try my best to avoid confrontations whenever possible.

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 3/23/2025 8:39:00 AM

- Really true... we can't take back our words... but, we can apologize... if our mouths run wild, John - hugs

John Read
Date: 3/25/2025 11:41:00 AM

That's true Anne, but sadly some people can never accept being wrong.

Victor Buhagiar

Date: 3/23/2025 8:32:00 AM

True. As the proverb says: Least said soon mended.

John Read
Date: 3/25/2025 11:39:00 AM

Hi Victor sometimes silence can say a lot more.

Beryl Edmonds

Date: 3/23/2025 7:22:00 AM

I agree with you brother John, we must think before we speak, and try not to hurt someone. I was hurt badly in my youth by someone who quite simply was jealous of me, for reasons I vowed to never speak of again, I went through a lot of emotional pain…. Sis Beryl

Beryl Edmonds
Date: 3/30/2025 4:07:00 AM

It was an adult who was cruel to me with her words, I was sixteen at the time and had just met Alan, the person concerned ruined my life for years with her nasty comments, being so young I didn’t know how to stand up to her… Sis Beryl

John Read
Date: 3/25/2025 11:38:00 AM

Hi sister Beryl, many youngsters have taken their own lives over online abuse.