This tastes terrible!

Be sure to taste your words before you spit them out. Unknown

Ever have something come out of your mouth and the minute it's out there you get a horrible taste? I'm focusing on the negative part of today's quote because when we speak pleasant words we don't ever notice the taste left behind, it's only when we speak in complaining, negative, angry, self-focused, unpleasant ways that we get the bad taste. You've heard the old adage "Think before you speak." Turns out that bit of wisdom is spot on. Before you open your mouth and let fly out whatever you might want to say do this: STOP. Stop for a moment and let those words sit in your mouth and taste them and decide if they really need to be said or if they could be said in a more palatable way. People who have never employed this kind of self-discipline with their words have developed halitosis of speech. They speak such unappealing things the majority of the time that when they do speak something pleasant it still smells and tastes bad. To avoid halitosis of speech let your words saturate your mouth, if you get a bad taste swallow them down and try again.

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April 5, 2015

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