Chapter 1: Think First!!!!!

 

 

You ever had one of those moments when you wish you could take back something you said? Or you think back on it immediately after it has left your pie hole and wonder "where in the heck did that come from?" Or maybe you've done something that you wish you had done differently? Or better yet, you've reacted on the fly to something that turned out a little differently than you were expecting? Maybe even been a little embarrassed by your actions or the actions of someone else? Yeah, we've all had those moments. And we've all walked away from a situation shaking our heads at something we or someone else said or did.

Well...never fear....The answer is here!!! THINK BEFORE YOU SAY IT OR DO IT!!!

Hear me when I say this (and trust me, I speak from daily experience here!!).... it doesn't matter how important it is or how urgent it seems or even how much pressure you're getting from that colleague under a deadline or the head pastor that needs his bulletin finished or the kid sitting next to you in class that is going to fail the test if you don't hurry up and finish so he/she can cheat off of your paper or even the parent that is late picking up his/her child that thinks you just have to put their kid in the car a little faster because they have somewhere else they just HAVE to be.....it doesn't even matter that it's way past meal time and you've just sat down at the table in your favorite restaurant and need a glass of tea NOW (and I mean PRONTO!!)....whatever it is that is about to roll off of your tongue or enter into that brain of yours that you must do next, STOP.....THINK ABOUT IT....and DO NOT (whatever you do) REACT IMMEDIATELY.  Put some thought into it for just a few moments. Consider the consequences. Think about how you'd choose for the other person to react if you were on the receiving end of your own chosen reaction. Choose your words and/or your actions very carefully and wisely.... never on the fly.

Remember......"The road of life can take you many places. It's how you navigate that determines where you end up."

Stay tuned for more in Chapter 1: Think First!!