lies in the way we speak.
There is so much to do in a day. A thousand things crowd the mind. A million feelings fight for space in our hearts.
There is one thing, though, that we cannot forget, or push aside for a later convenient time, or negotiate with, or rationalize, and that is good speech...rather beautiful speech.
No matter we use 'texting' or email language - we can still choose our words and our syntax. We can still not make it abrupt and ugly.
I believe elegance and gracefulness in speech is non-negotiable. There is just no excuse for abrupt or careless or hurtful or putting-down words. There is no justification for speaking patois. There is no beauty, either, in mixing up languages for the sake of being hip - incidentally, it is not hip to be careless in the way we talk. We may well be hurting the sensibilities of the people we are talking with and the way we use our words may be a strain on their ears. I'm not talking about using a grandiose style of talking or using difficult, ornate or esoteric words. There has to be a refinement, a restraint, a modulation of the voice, even,.......simple words spoken with sweetness......
No matter how challenging the situation, or how bleak the path, or how hard the striving, or irritating the person, there has to be grace in our speech, gentleness in our words, and softness in our voice. Of course it is very difficult and often very unfair to stick to this---still, it's worth a try....we have to keep trying till it becomes a habit.
As I read somewhere, we have to WANT change before change can happen.