April 24, 2015: Our Words/Thoughts
So I was watching CSI: Cyber episode called “URL, Interrupted” which is about a girl being cyberbullied and Peter MacNicol’s character (Simon Sifter) was talking to his son about participating in cyberbulling. His character said “Your words hurt this girl. Words have consequences.” Honestly, this statement could not be truer. These are not just the words that we say to others, but the words (or thoughts) that we say to ourselves. Negative self talk is not a good thing for any of us. I have really been trying to focus on changing my mindset, but it isn’t always easy. Sometimes those thoughts pop in your head out of habit. Once those words (or thoughts) pop out, you can’t take them back. I remember hearing when my oldest child was little to “be careful because little ears hear what you say”. Those seemingly innocent thoughts like when my leader announced the loss for the group last night and the thought that popped in was “I didn’t contribute to that total” and I had to stop m