Choose Your Words Wisely

Once upon a time, an old man spread rumors that his neighbor was a thief. As a result, the young man was arrested. Days later the young man was proven innocent. After being released, the man felt humiliated as he walked to his home. He sued the old man for wrongly Accusing him.

In court, the old man told the Judge, They were just comments, didn't harm anyone.. The judge, before passing sentence on the case, told the old man, Write All the things you said about him on a piece of paper. Cut them up and On the way home, throw the pieces of paper out. Tomorrow, come back to Hear the sentence.

The next day, the judge told the old man, Before receiving the Sentence, you will have to go out and gather all the pieces of paper That you threw out yesterday. The old man said, I cant do that! The wind must have spreads them and I wont Know where to find them.

The judge then replied, The same way, simple comments may destroy the honor of a man to such an extent that one is not able to fix it. The old man realized his mistake and asked for forgiveness.

Moral: Do not malignant or blame anyone without knowing the fact or a truth. Your words may ruin someones reputation without any fault of theirs.

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RE:Choose Your Words Wisely

Wonderful example! -- We must all remember to be careful of how we might hurt others with our words!

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RE:Choose Your Words Wisely

Such a good example and analogy of the effect of words!
Once said, you can never take them back, they can never become unsaid!
The can be encouraging or destructive and they live on forever.
Some people never come to realize the power in their words.
It is the fool who uses them freely without thought!
God SPOKE the universe into existence! Food for thought!
Great story!
Lee

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