Wednesday Coffee Talk

Well good morning everyone!  It's hump day!  The week is 1/2 over.  The year is OVER half way gone.  Where does time go?  BUT!  We are concerned with today.  Today is going to be a beautiful day.  HOT!  But beautiful.  STAY COOL!  DRINK PLENTY OF WATER!  This heat is dangerous! 

Our challenge today is to think before we speak.  To often, we let our mouths overload our minds.  Meaning, we speak w/o thinking and then it gets us into trouble.  Words hurt.  Words destroy.  Words kill.  We need to guard our minds, hearts, and mouths.  Sticks and stones do hurt, but words hurt a LOT MORE and cut a lot deeper.  We have all had things said to us that hurt.  We've all said things to others and hurt others as well.  Today, lets guard our mouths and think before we speak.  Even in volunteering to do things we can speak too fast.  HA!  I know of this one way too good!  We can surely put ourselves in a bind too when we speak w/o thinking!  I dare you to accept this challenge everyday.  I'm challenging ME today too!  Wanna join me?

So!  Who's up this morning?  What cha sipping on?  Me?  I'm loving me some Boca Java Deep Blue Blueberry coffee.  The stuff is awesome!  You'd love it!  I just know it.  Want a cup?

Ya'll have a wonderful, blessed, cool and thought FULL day!

 Good Morning!

I tell my students all the time, "If you don't have anything nice to say...Don't say anything at all".

I am wondering if there will be many posts here this day seeing as we have to think before tpying/talking LOL

I am having a wonderful bottle of Aquafina water. In half hr I will have my daily first box drink of Opti-fast(out of 5) . Six more days to go!

Have a wonderful fun filled day!
Kelly/tink

Randall - You are truly led to say the exact right thing at the exact right time.  I had a really difficult time sleeping last night because last week someone said some things to me that really hurt.  I didn't mind the message of what she said, just the way that she said it. I told her this and she said that she still felt she said it the way that she needed to.  I lost a lot of respect for her that day - I don't like when people feel that they can violate my boundaries for their own personal benefit.  Today is the first time that I see her face to face since this interaction and I really want to lash out at her, but I'm in a position where I need to maintain a positive working relationship.  So, as you said, I need to think before I speak and carefully choose words that don't destroy our working relationship or her, but still protect myself from further boundary violations from her.

Have a beautiful day and God bless you.

I'm not drinking yet this morning - in a few minutes I will start on my first 20oz. of water. 

Good Morning Randall.....

I love you  challenge today. I will be working on this challenge!

Still sipping my Crystal Light Peach Tea. I have an appointment later and will stop in then for my Latte!!

Love to our sweet Lucy too!!!

Love and hugs.....connie d

Awesome advice, my southern gentleman friend!

I have learned that sometimes the most effective way to make your point is to say nothing at all.  And even if the person we aim our silence at doesn't get it, well, at least we've done no harm!

AMEN!

Trying to decide if I need another cuppa java today (yesterday was one LOOOOOONG day!), or if I should move on to some Crystal Light?  hmmmm..... what WILL she decide???

Randall~What a great challenge for today and everyday! I agree that this is often a problem for many people and so often people do not even realize how deep their words can cut whether written or spoken.  I am taking you up on this challenge today and everyday.  That blueberry coffee sure does sounds nummy!  I actually started drinking coffee in the morning, albeit it is usually a latte, cause I can't do just straight coffee, but I would have never imagined myself relying on that morning cup of coffee to get going.  I hope you have a wonderful day and try to stay cool and you can keep the intense heat down there!