Lessons learned …

Do you remember how your Mom did her best to teach you that your thoughts need to go through a filtration system before they actually come out of your mouth? Children are notorious for just saying whatever comes to mind, out of the pureness of their hearts, without any consideration for how it will be interpreted. Well, I learned today that occasionally your “mind to mouth” filters need to be cleaned and enhanced or repaired.

I made a couple of statements today which, when they were in my head, seemed totally fine. By the time they exited my mouth, the response from those around me indicated that what I said was not fine. I sat there for a second or two and replayed what I said to myself. A couple of seconds later, it dawned on me that their response was to the actual words I used not the message I was trying to convey. You would think I would cut my losses at one "filter" malfunction, but NOOOOOOOOOOOO, I had to do it AGAIN!! After the second mishap, I decided to just sit there and smile and hope that whatever maintenance was being done on my "mind to mouth" filtration system would be completed before I was stoned or shunned by the group.

So the moral of this story is … clean and upgrade or repair your “mind to mouth” filters regularly. The version that was installed by your Mom when you were four is outdated and is probably clogged :o)