Thursday, April 18, 2013

The Bombs of Our Own Making


I think on what happened in Boston and want to ask who does that to children?  Who does that to anybody?

But the truth is we all do, all the time.  All the time we plant bombs, with little regard to the fallout, to who will be injured.

Think not?  Consider your own behaviors just this month.  This month, have you spoken an unkind word about one person to another?  Whether it is true is beside the point.  Have you taken a thought for how your words will affect the other person’s judgment and interactions with the one you spoke about?  Have you considered how your words, whether true or not, will affect the one about whom you spoke?

I confess I have spoken such words and I have not given them such thought.  I have not considered how those words will shape how others see the person spoken of.  I have not considered the damage done.

That’s the problem with bombs, even word bombs.  We don’t know who will be there when the blast goes off.  We don’t know the extent of the carnage we will leave behind.  We do know there will be carnage – after all, we planted the bomb.

And so this week, while I mourn the dead and wounded in Boston, I am rededicated to searching out and defusing the bombs of my own making, for I too am a bombmaker.

How about you?

5 comments:

  1. BETH, THIS IS MY SECOND REQUEST; PLEASE DO NOT SEND ME ANYMORE MESSAGES. HONESTLY, I AM NOT I
    INTERESTED IN YOUR LIBERAL VIEWS AND OPINIONS.

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    1. I'm not sure if you'll get this or not since you logged in under the 'anonymous' heading, but the problem is I don't know who you are. I'm happy to take you off any list, but you've got to tell me who you are as I'm not notified by Blog Spot for those who log in under the anonymous feature. Beth

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  2. The problem is that, even when we don't launch them, we still make them. I have serious work to do!

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    1. Liz, So true - I too am stockpiling my arsenal 'just in case' - sigh.

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  3. BETH, I WAS OFFENDED THAT YOU CHOSE TO DERIDE THE MILITARY AND MAKE AN OFFHANDED REMARK ABOUT YOUR "CONSERVATIVE CHRISTIAN FRIENDS." I SERVED MY COUNTRY IN THE MILITARY FOR 20 YEARS TO DEFEND YOUR RIGHT TO SAY WHAT YOU CARE TO. I AM ALSO A CONSERVATIVE CHRISTIAN AND OFFER NO APOLOGY FOR EITHER. I RESPECT YOU PERSONALLY AND HAVE NO ANIMOSITY TOWARD YOU. THANK YOU FOR ADHERING TO MY REQUEST.
    BEST WISHES, NEAL SAWYERS

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