Words Can Hurt

Something to think about...
I think people and trees are alike in some way such as if you keep chopping away at a person with your hurtful words as if welding an axe at tree then eventually you may be able to say, Timber and see the tree (person) fall, but if you aren't careful the same words you used to chop at that person may cause the tree to land on you when you finally feel the pain you have been causing them. You may also find instead that you have only chopped some of the branches off of the tree, but that you can't chop the heart of the tree to make it fall and it will continue to stand and grow in spite of your efforts.  I hope if you are being chopped at with hurtful words by someone that you will withstand and not fall as a tree does after so many hits from the axe. Choose your words wisely for they can be sweet and kind or sharp as an axe... Just my thoughts on it...
Teresa Causey-Christian
June 1, 2018