Too Many Words

I’ve discovered that my mental acuity is deficient. If someone is talking to me and uses too many words, I simply cannot follow them. Also, if the person speaking has too many branches of thought in their discourse, I will not be able to stay with them, as I am still trying to understand a branch talked about several minutes before. If I can’t stay with you, my mind will stray and I get even further behind and lost.

With the advent of social media, most people were excited. It was thought that we could all stay better connected and relationships would prosper. The evidence suggests that that is not true for most people. It seems that people still desire and need the face to face interaction. The evidence also confirms that most speech on social media is superficial and, therefore, does not sustain relationships.

Another problem that has developed with social media is the tendency to speak too much. Time and again, we have seen how celebrities, politicians, athletes, and others have gotten into trouble by sharing too much on social media. Even what they said years ago has come back to haunt them today.

While I don’t want to encourage the cancel culture, it has been proven that we can get ourselves into trouble when we use too many words. Proverbs 10:19 says. “When there are many words, transgression is unavoidable. But he who restrains his lips is wise.” Perhaps we should not give our voice to every thought that comes into our heads. James 1:19 gives us a better way when it says, “Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger.” Let’s try to listen more rather than quickly speaking. We will likely be angry less and be regarded as a friend more.