Listen, think and talk...

"Those who know don’t speak, and those who speak don’t know" – Lao Tzu

In this generation of which people’s opinion matters, most of us are abusive on the freedom that we have. We comment on what we see, smell, hear, taste or feel even if it doesn’t make a lot of sense at all. We tend to be irrational and irresponsible at times, and most of the time does that, simply to have fun of someone. With this, our out-spoken opinion could lead to good or bad judgment.

The phrase "I’m entitled to my opinion" is overrated! But most of us do is talk before we think. A word said can be fatal than a sword – so it wouldn’t be bad if we be rational first before we said a word. When we’re emotional, we lose the most common of all senses and neglect the fact that people who said something mean to us have feelings too, so firing negative words as revenge only leads to a cycle of pain.

I’m not saying we should suppress our thoughts or feelings; it’s a matter of being responsible on the privilege that we have. It’s more of being mindful on every word that we say. Tone and timing is the key. We are responsible on everything we say, and if we become responsible on what we say, we become good listeners, thus can lead to proper communication.

One thing I’ve learned is, before you say something about what the person wears, looks, smell and skin tone…think first if what you’ll say is substantial. True enough: "If you have nothing good to say, better keep your mouth shut!". Empty words only come from an empty mind.