Today’s Thinking Out Loud reflection is on Lewis Carroll’s work, Alice in Wonderland. Alice in Wonderland is available for free download from Project Gutenberg here.
“Really, now you ask me,” said Alice, very much confused, “I don’t think——”
“Then you shouldn’t talk,” said the Hatter.
Note: The world would be much better if we all chose not to talk without thinking. Often, words act as catalyst for us. We hear words spoken and we react blurting out something without thinking. Unlike a package I ordered from Amazon that I can return, I can’t take back the words I utter once spoken. Angry words, harmful words, words that shame and ridicule, hurt the recipient of the words and detract from the humanity of the one who spoke the words. What do you want your words to do? To build or tear down? To heal or to harm? To lift up and inspire or to repress?