WHAT KIND OF EXAMPLE ARE YOU?

Think for a moment about how those around you hear your words.  How does your speech come across to your family?, your friends?, your dental team?, your patients?  We all know that once words are spoken, either positive or negative ones, they cannot be put back into one’s mouth, retracted and unheard.  You have the power to comfort, to uplift, to calm, and to inspire others by what you say and how you say it.  You also have the power to belittle, to disturb, to anger, or to hurt others by what you say and how you say it. 

An anonymous poet penned the thoughts:  “A careless word may kindle strife; a cruel word may wreck a life.  A gracious word may soothe the way; a joyous word may light the day.  A timely word may lessen stress; a loving word may heal and bless.”  And  Proverbs 25:11 says, “A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver”.  What kind of example do you set with your spoken words?