The power of silence

Maybe it's part of growing up to realize when to shut your mouth. To protect yourself, to protect the people you love. To protect your relationships with the people you love.

I at least, have said too much and am realizing now that it's often better and safer, even if it's harder, not to say anything. Just to watch and wait and not need to announce what you know or try to dig into every detail. Keep a better counsel for yourself, and for others. Be a vault, be a safe. A safe place.

I grew up where words were thrown around like they were nothing, and taken back and thrown back out and used and twisted to suit whims and purposes. But words are important and they do mean something and DO something, they have too much power to hurt and destroy and.. now I just realized there is a whole Depeche Mode song all about this. Well there you go.

A little antithetical to go and write this here, I guess. I wonder though if the older among us have also come to this same conclusion over time and through experience.

I think sometimes caring has to be done nonverbally.