So I am very slowly, I mean very slowly reading Eat, Pray, Love. The reason that I emphasized very slowly is because I love to read. One of my greatest joys in this life is reading a good book, I love words and I definitely love a writer who is able to weave words together into something beautiful that brings a smile to my face as I read it or that makes my heart melt. Eat, Pray, Love has been inspirational for me, there a number of times that I have stopped after reading a passage just because I want to allow it to marinate for a while. I got the book from the library but I soon decided that I needed to own the book because I wanted to be able to highlight passages of text and dog-ear those pages that I enjoyed hence why I am reading the book so slowly, I don't want to miss anything. Another reason that this book is so near and dear to my heart is because the book is about the metamorphosis that the author experiences. I too feel that I am going through a major transformation in my life. Back to the topic at hand while surfing the net for a copy of the book to purchase I began to read people's reviews of the book and it struck me how some people absolutely loved it and gave it a 5 star rating and others hated it and gave it 1 star only because there was not a lower option. As I began to read the reviews I began to form an opinion of the reviewer in my head, alright you caught me I am judging again but acknowledgment it the first step to recovery! But in all honesty the opinion or judgment was not good or bad it was just my thoughts. We can see things from a very different vantage point depending on where we are in our lives or what we hold in our heart. We all know someone that is an eternal optimist that can find a silver lining in the darkest, most dangerous storm cloud and we all know an eternal pessimist that cannot see the beauty in anything, those feelings come from somewhere deep inside that only that person and their God can change. Matthew 15:18 says "But what comes out of the mouth gets its start in the heart", from The Message Bible (Don't worry I do not intend to start beating you down with bible verses, I just love this particular verse and it is appropriate for the topic at hand) Therefore if your heart is full of joy so too is your speech and to the contrary if your heart is full of sadness then your speech is as well. What are the things you're saying telling the world about you? As I continue to grow and be more mindful of the shadow that I cast I will make a conscious effort to be blissful in my heart so that my words reflect my joy. I cannot promise that I will not have my moment but I will try to be quiet rather than share my sadness with the world. Whoever said stick and stones make break my bones but words can never hurt me was a liar, words hurt worse!
In parting choose your words wisely, they say a lot about you!
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