learning to keep silent... and tread lightly with words...

Too many times lately... my words... have stopped conversation... or triggered a defensive retort...

Too many times... I speak... when silence is required... a question better than a statement...

Learning to discern where people are... is more important... than sharing what you know... or have learned...

Lacking good role models for conversation... I find myself at a loss...
Lectures loomed large in my growing up... little room for conversing...
There was doing... and instructing... but not much heart to heart...

So now... I desire to keep communication flowing... dam up my own wayward words...

I see... too late... in retrospect... within moments of speaking... what would have been better...

This recognition of better... it's improvement... growth...  but I long to do better in the moment... not just recognize a moment missed...

Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth;

Keep watch over the door of my lips.

Psalm 143:3 KJV

Thank You Lord... for opening ears and eyes to a better way... guard my mouth... teach me when to keep silent... and when to tread lightly...