Practice pausing before you speak. When you do speak, evaluate if what you have to contribute is even relevant and beneficial to what’s already been said or what is already understood. The old ones teach us that our tongue is connected to our heart—the lesson being for us to learn to speak through our heart rather than letting whatever comes into our brain go running straight out of our mouth. Our breath carries power—our words can provide clarity, our words can heal, and our words can destroy—so let’s not be reckless or wasteful with the wisdom of our words.
