Remember

I hate being placed in the middle and I hate sometime being able to honestly see both sides.

I struggled with what to do or say or should I sit quietly in the background and just be a sounding board?

Will they listen to what I have to say, will they hear the real message in my words?

Sometimes you have to speak the truth and let the cards fall where they may. I must assume they value my opinion if they both came to me with their struggle.

I had written this earlier and after I said what I needed to say I shared it with them.

Remember to be gentle with your words, 

Remember to be humble with your opinions, 

Remember to be honorable in your actions, 

Remember to use empathy when judging,

  Remember to be attentive when listening, 

remember

 every word, 

every action has the power to

 heal or destroy someone, 

and what you choose 

to do with that power is YOURS,

 no one else carries that 

responsibility or power 

within you 

only you do. 

Don't be the one who 

says that one word or does that one action

 that finally destroys someone.

 Once it is said or done, 

nothing changes the effect you have created 

within this person. 

Rise above. 

Today I am grateful for having a life that was not always easy to live but taught me what is most valuable in life. It may not have been a life I would have chosen for myself but it's a life that when all is said and done, I am happy to have lived it.