I am getting better at keeping my mouth shut. It is a learned skill for me. I think that I was chiming in with my thoughts on things my whole life. I was the oldest and I spoke for the child tribe. I said what I was thinking and what I thought others should think.
As I got older, I found that my thoughts were not always welcome and I learned somewhat to hold my tongue. I tried to stay out of other people's business. But, I was a teacher, a mother, a volunteer and other various roles that seemed to warrant my expressing my opinion about things. I learned to be more measured in my responses. And lately, as a retired grandma I am learning to hold my tongue. Unless a speeding locomotive is bearing down on someone, I have learned not to give cautions, warnings, advice. Don't advise unless asked, that is my motto.
So, I think people may like me better these days. I am not a know it all and I mind my own business for the most part. I often don't say what is on my mind. But, that doesn't mean I don't think some things.
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