Tidal waves

I've been reading this really good book about our words, what we say, when we say it and especially how it comes across to others. I recommend it very highly, it's called "Keep It Shut" by Karen Ehman. In this book she searches for answers to what the effect our words have on others is after we have left them. Our words are like waves she voices... What kind of ripple effect do we leave when the conversation etc is over? It takes me to the hot summers at my lakehouse, how all I think about it getting out there to wakeboard 24/7. The way my board and I glide of the smooth liquid glass. Like a breath of fresh air as I lean down and skim the cold satin with my fingers. Not all rides are like this, many times I am forced to battle choppy water conditions. Though they can be fun and challenging, I thought today of Karen's analogy. When we hangout, converse and spend time with people, we reminisce about our times together. Rarely do we ponder how we left them... Did you leave them with words of calm and metaphorical peaceful waters? Or did your tongue begin to stir the water into a choppy mess in which they are left to grapple with?? Our infractions can leave serious impressions that we are completely un aware of. The Lord says to be quick to listen, slow to speak... This is something worth practicing in life! 

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