“Tacenda [applies to] things not to be mentioned or made public (things better left unsaid).”
The filter on my mouth has been broken my
entire life. I am the kind of person that makes the comment no one else would
dare say. If there is a topic that will make someone’s cheeks flush with
embarrassment, people squirm in their seats, or cause others to give me dirty
looks to shut up, that’s the kind of thing I want to talk about with an individual (or a group of people).
Personally, I don’t believe there’s any topic off limits as long as the receiving party sees you care about them in the conversation you are having with them. My mother (and I) both have God-given ability to get people to open up and get strangers to tell us things they have told few others (or no one else) before. People regularly remark to me something like this, “No one has ever asked me that question before.”
Proverbs 12:18 (TPT) tells me exactly how the
heavenly Father wishes my communication to be: Reckless words are like the thrusts of a sword, cutting remarks meant to
stab and to hurt. But the words of the wise soothe and heal. Take an inventory of your daily talk patterns. What can you improve on? Encourage someone
somehow. [i]
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