Train the Mouth

I am a traveler. My mind has brought me to places I never even imagined before - nightmares, conclusions, plans, and either reality that could even bite or satisfy. 

Science says that the largest external organ of the body is skin, and as the popular metaphor goes, skin thickens when people finally speak the worst words or act the most awful behavior. 

A moment of reminiscence has placed me into an awkward position of shame when I finally realize that my awful mouth has been the cause of a lot of trouble in my life. Often times, the after shock of an earlier word storm that came out from my own mouth is directed towards the people I love - My family. 

But thank God I know how to say sorry. I guess the peeves of having to say so much has perks after all. - Forgiveness due to solemn reconciliation. 

Despite the fact that my mouth has been the greatest of all my problems, I can say that It could be the stairs towards an achievement. Anyway, I'm in a training right now because I'll be needing the voice in the near future. 

Voice is powerful. Idea is more powerful than an atomic bomb. Being a journalist in the Philippines is quite exciting and funny as well. My internship did not only help me to be determined, it shaped me (Literally shaped.)  I tried to find my luck Malacanang last vacation. The palace is popular not because It is the President's residence, but because people of different personality stays there. People whose integrity or honesty is often questioned by the mass public. The funny thing is, we are the boss during elections, and we are nothing when they are already in the position. Anyway, There is where I found people who speak either to ruin or to make the President's name, well, PLEASANT. (Often times, the succeed, and often times, they turn something into a farce.)

The words of a witness is very important to solve a crime. A lie can manipulate, truth can set free, saying nothing could be the most dangerous more than the fact that It could save a life.

Words can hurt if they are true and sometimes the reason why we say things is because they are based from facts, and therefore, valid. I may have hurt people when I try to correct them and I can say that constructive criticism isn't always helpful. I may have hurt people for saying how bad they are about something though the intention is to make them better. And this is part of my training - to view first the emotional statusof a person before talking. 

Sometimes, the difficulty of stopping our selves to say something that comes of our brain is is part of the challenge to be discreet and cultured in the way we utter words. Whatever we say to people around is is a reflection of how we are raised as persons. Whatever comes out from our mouth is a description of who we really are, and the best thing to do is to always think twice before anybody gets hurt.

"Words are also actions, and actions are a kind of words." ' Ralph Waldo Emerson.