06/30/2025
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There are times when we let our emotions rise like waves—sudden, intense, and unfiltered. In those moments, we speak not from a place of stillness, but from the noise within us. We react without reflection, unaware that the words flowing from our mouths may be piercing the heart of someone we care about. We don’t always mean to cause harm. Yet unguarded words, spoken without mindfulness, can leave invisible wounds.
In the silence that follows, when the dust of anger settles, the soul begins to see what the ego could not. We recognize the heaviness in the air, the shift in someone’s energy, the absence of peace—and we begin to understand that something sacred has been disrupted. A connection. A trust. A heart.
That’s why spiritual awareness calls us to pause—to breathe before we speak, to feel before we act. It teaches us that words are not just sound; they are energy. They carry the power to either uplift or break down, to sow peace or provoke pain.
Let us pray to be more conscious, more present, more gentle. May we speak from love, not reaction. From wisdom, not impulse. And when we falter—as we all do—may we have the humility to apologize, and the grace to heal what we’ve wounded. Because in the end, it is not being perfect that matters, but being willing to grow, to awaken, and to love more deeply each time.
