Words from a wise man’s mouth are gracious, but a fool is consumed by his own lips.<\/strong> Here’s something to remember: Everything in life is moving in some sort of progression. And the final destination has everything to do with the initial direction.<\/p>\n Thus: Words that start with an early twist will end in a hopeless knot . . . and the fool doesn’t know when to quit.<\/p>\n I’m convinced words are the most powerful things we have. The tongue’s not just a fire, it’s a flame thrower.\u00a0One that backfires, burning up the shooter.<\/p>\n The words of the wise are cool water.\u00a0Quenching everyone’s thirst . . . and fire.<\/p>\n Speaking of words’ progression,\u00a0I’m reminded of a Robert Frost quote:<\/p>\n A poem begins in delight And wisdom is it’s own delight. Measure your words; by them we are measured by everyone else.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n _______________<\/p>\n *Ecclesiastes 10:12-14 Words: The most powerful things we have . . . for good or for ill. It’s something to consider as we begin another year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5121"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5121"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5121\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10732,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5121\/revisions\/10732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nAt the beginning his words are folly; at the end they are wicked madness . . . a<\/strong>nd the fool multiplies words.*<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nUsed wrong, they’re also the most dangerous.<\/p>\n
\nand ends in wisdom.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n
\n(I said that.)<\/p>\n
\nNext: Be Slow on the Draw.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"