Harvest and thankfulness

Choose Your Words Carefully

Have you ever been upset by something someone has said to you. Or maybe it was the way it was said that hurt you.

Remember that as you speak to others. Choose words that are caring and be careful to not be mean. Because, if kind words are sweet like honey, mean words are like thorns. They dig in and hurt when you say them, and they keep hurting for sometime afterwards too.

Kind words

So what would be kind things to say? 

Complements about something someone has done, made or said. Or grown, baked, drawn, mended . . . the list could go on forever

Or that you like something they are wearing.

This can be hard and against our natural inclination. I see people wearing something cool but I'm not brave enough to say, which is a shame because I feel good when someone says something to me.

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It could be caring words asking how someone is or offering help when it is needed. Concern is care as long as you mean it, and aren't just being nosy.

Or sometimes it is saying nothing at all because someone just needs you to listen.

Take time to THINK

Remember this acronym

T True?

H Helpful?

I  Instructive? Inspirational?

N Necessary?

K Kind?

It is so easy to let something slip that we think isn't that bad but could really hurt another person.

Activities

WORDS - make a list of kind and beautiful words that you could use to be kind. Maybe you could try to think of words for every letter of the alphabet (though some will be very hard!).

POST A NOTE - could you post a note into someone's door to say how lovely their front garden is, or something similar.

Ps AND Qs - Remember to be polite to everyone you meet and say please and thank you.

Remember you can always print out the picture from the beginning of the blog to colour in.

Blessing

Thank you for reading this blog. I hope you have enjoyed it.

God bless you all and may your smiles and kindness spread His love to everyone you know.