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The Silent Code

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In the words of the world famous football coach, José Mário dos Santos Mourinho Félix, " If I speak I am in big trouble". This is a philosophy I tend to live by. Words tend to have the ability to stir up people and situations. One may never know to what effect their words may have once they have let them out.  I try to be cautious about the words I speak, because once you have spoken you cannot take back what you have said. When you look at slander as an example, whatever insult you spite a person with, there is some damage done. Although you may apologise, a wound that is healed leaves a scar. Although you may apologise, who knows, to what extent you may have damaged a person's reputation, in the eyes of third parties.  There are so many consequences to the words that come out of our mouths. The writer of the book of Proverbs says, in our tongues is the power to create or destroy. What we say, can lead to positive effects that build up and edify o...