While reading GOOP recently, I came across a very meaningful comment by Michael Berg, co-director of the Kabbalah Centre to Gwyneth Paltrow’s entry on Evil Tongue.

Most of us don’t give much thought to the things we say. We assume that once we’ve said something, it’s over and done with. Spiritually, this is not true. Words are energy and they live on. The comments flowing out of our mouths do not simply disappear into thin air. They remain with us at all times, hindering or helping our spiritual growth.

How true!

Words haunt us and in certain cases, till infinity. I usually don’t give a shit about what others outside my circle say because they’re not important to me. But the words that hurt me most are those that come from the family and in most situations, these words linger on no matter how much I detest them.  

I guess I’m very much like my mom in this case. She can hold on to some words forever too.   And over the weekend we had a conversation about this and her advice to me was to exercise tolerance and refrain from rebutting; something I admit I don’t excel in at all.  I’m typically quick to react with anger and in most situations, causing more damage.

Well, good thing that it’s not too late to exercise some self-control starting from now. Yes, it’s not possible to undo some of the damages done but at the least, I can commit to not doing more! So going forward, I’m going to pay more attention to what goes out of my mouth. And of course, I’m also paying attention to what goes into my mouth at the same time. Just that before I do, let me finish this big sugar bun from BreadTalk first!