Keep your words few

I was the worst example of this (keeping words few) a year ago. But once I started practicing this art of speaking less, I feel much better in many areas of my life. I can chat non-stop for many hours, I have thousands of words flowing throughout every time I open my mouth. I decided to speak less due to various reasons. They are:

1. Accidentally share too personal matters

2. Broke the trust of people without their knowledge by sharing things about them

3. Gossip by speaking things that I should not speak in their presence

One great thing about the whole process is that I get pricked straight after the conversation that I should not have shared this or that particular part. I feel guilty, pray for peace of mind and take decisions not to repeat it. My little effort started working slowly, yet not to the extent to which how I want myself to be.

So I took some more measures such as these:

1. Deliberately will remain silent if the other person is also not talking.

2. Taught myself, 'Filling the gap of silence is not my job and it is not necessary at all'.

3. Stopped sharing life experiences with people who really do not appreciate them.

Well, it took me a long time to adapt to the changes as I was a person who cannot keep much in my mind. Now I have become a person who is trustworthy, and I do not share secrets with others' even with my husband. I do not worry anymore about offending others because I am very sure about what I spoke (also because I don't speak much).

Yet, I am a human being, not perfect! So there are still some areas I am working on. It is my everyday prayer these days: 'Lord, tame my tongue'.