If You Can’t Say Something Nice . . .

[MajestyJo]

That was an old tape that stuck and replayed in my mind many times. It eventually it led to a lot of guilt and shame, because I chose not to listen.

If you have nothing good to say to someone, don't say it at all. Saying nothing was never one of my strong points either. I was told that I had a right to express my opinion, and much later I heard, if it isn't asked for, it isn't mine to give.

I liked the saying, `Let us agree to disagree.` It give each person an opinion and you don`t have to always agree on something, but each person has a right to their own thoughts. I try to pray for perception, clarity, and my Inner Knowing according to my God`s Will. As I have said before, `It isn`t always what you say, but how you say it.` Just because I say, doesn`t mean someone has to like it, disregard it, or agree. All I do is try to share my experience, strength, and with a hope that it will help someone else.

I had several sponsor who said they never saw anyone who was so self-aware and did so much work on herself. For me to use was to die. In today, for me to use is to die. I chose to live.