If You Live By The Sword
Sometimes things don’t go well and everything seems to go wrong at the same time. And then we wonder why. Perhaps then it is the time to re-evaluate yourself to see how much you had contributed to your own dismay.
Life is such. Whatever you sow you will harvest in ten fold. If you sow winds you shall harvest storms. And you cannot expect to harvest wine if you had planted grapes. It does not work that way. Harvesting the grapes only puts you halfway there if you wanted wine in the first place.
There will always be those who like you and those who don’t. And some of those who don’t like you will even pretend to like you. Just to get closer to you to harm you better. Those are the ones you need to be careful of; they will be quick to latch onto anything you say – even in a joke – to use it out of context. And they are the ones to complicate matters by initiating others to stir trouble and keeping their own hands clean. And then to make sure that things stay that way by asking all the wrong ‘innocent’ questions. And they are the ones who will stab you in the back when you least expect it.
So put a guard to your mouth. What goes into your mouth can only harm you in the short term - if it does not kill you. But what comes out your mouth can do much more damage in the long term. Choose your words wisely.
But life is a funny equalizer. If you live by the sword, you shall die by the sword.
May you all have a great week.
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Hope you're having a great Easter. Here on my side it is over and done.\
The tongue is the best exercised muscle in the human body and certainly the one that can hit the hardest and cause the most damage. A fully grown man with a sledgehammer can not inflict more damage.
Today here, is monday! duh.
Just reading your blog again, does this mean that we really cant be vulnerable and open with people because there are so many people who take advantage of that ? I am aware sometimes of people enjoying me being open and vulnerable but they I realise that they have told me nothing about their lives and have been very guarded whilst still asking me questions.... recently I am finding myself putting up more boundaries but I dont want to become cold and defensive.
I wander does that includes innocent jokes too ?
Wishing you a Marvelous Monday
Yes, the day of the resurrection. Have a blessed day.
Wise advice!
Yes we do interact with people and we should open up to them. Not everybody are villains. We should just be very careful of what we say. Those who are your friends today may no longer be that by tomorrow. What you say to a friend today may be ammunition for an enemy tomorrow.
An innocent joke has cost me very dearly not so long ago when it was taken completely out of context in an effort to harm me.
Yes, very good advice. I would assume you are not talking about living a life of paranoia.
Monday is almost dead and gone here on my side of the world. Tuesday is 73 minutes away.
I'm not always sure of that. I have seen blogs and comments in reply to private messages. These things happen.
Good heavens, no. We have to communicate. It is just a matter of what we say to who. But then, given my outspoken nature, it is unlikely that I will practice what I preach.
I can have a bit of a bucket mouth at the best of times.
That is about the time difference I have with the USA eastern coast.
These things are inevitable and me must just learn to cope with them as they arise. Much nicer though if you can recognize the dangers to avoid situations like that.
That is the problem about the knife in the back. You never expect it as you won't turn your back on those you don't trust. The knife in the back almost always comes from somebody you trust.
They say the pen is mightier than the sword but the tongue is not far behind.
the Heart
Cant live in fear though ! But your advise is much appreciated.
My problem too. I trust too easily. I'm prepared to trust anybody until proven otherwise. Costly sometimes.
So I did. And next Time I can say: But I told you so!
Now that is cutting me right down to size.
Cat,
hope all is well with you.
We already have Windows 3.1
I met some people like that...instigate trouble but keep their hands clean...I hope karma gets them...but yes guard the mouth and be careful around those you know who pretend to like you...good advice!!
Brave words but not always easy to fight back with a dagger imbedded in your back. Esp if it was an ally you depended on who stabbed you in the back.
It is good to see you a bit more regularly now lately.
Yep that is the password. Be en your guard and be ready; prepared.
You get them in all walks of life. At work, at home and even on line. And then, in retrospect, you want to kick your own backside for normally the signs were always there. Yet, you have revealed you soft spots to them and then you wonder how much other damage was caused by your folly in trusting the wrong person.
You can fool me once...but when I find out...silence...my life or other thoughts are not shared!!...