If you don't have anything "nice" to say, say it anyway

"My husband is going in for a surgical procedure tomorrow," Shir said

We don't like being cut with a knife. But in the hands of a doctor who is ridding us of a malignant tumour, a knife can be the kindest cut of all.

One of the nicest things I ever did was to hammer some sense at a friend who was "in love" (his definition) (more like "in lust" to me) with a Shanghainese KTV girl while his wife was 8-months pregnant with their 2nd child. He was about to torpedo his marriage.

It worked.

I could have just nodded sympathetically in order to be "nice". I guess only by shocking him with the truth was there any possibility that he would stop embracing the lie.



Think
by Alana

Should you always say what you feel
Think, is the person you're telling going to be able to heal

Is what you're saying necessary for everyone else to know
Just because you're thinking something, maybe you should just let it go

Everyone else around you may not be as strong
Some things need to be kept hidden and you should move along

You don't know where that person has come from or where he's going to go
What kind of day he's had, you just don't know

Before you blurt out everything you feel
Think, is the person listening going to be able to heal?