I have shared with you before that I talk - A LOT. I like to talk. I don't really need a subject, don't really need a listener, I just like to talk. I realize, however, that while I talk a lot, I often have very little to say. You know what I mean. There may be a lot of words but very little substance.
We have all been around those folks that seem to talk just to hear their own voice. I have heard folks rattle on for what seemed like hours but not say ten words worth listening to. There is a lot of music that way for me, too. Much of today's music is four minutes of noise without a lot to say. But, I digress...
Today's word is a quote from Plato, which says, "Wise men talk because they have something to say - fools because they have to say something."
Some people just can't help themselves. They just talk about anything and everything, and, very often, show how little they actually know. I readily admit that I don't know much about very many things but those things I know a little about, I will drone on and on about. Yet, I, too, have been guilty on numerous occasions of showing how foolish I can be because I had to say "something".
Today's quote really resonates with me; I really should be quite when I have nothing of substance to add to the conversation. Sometimes, I just talk to be talking. Sometimes, I talk because I have something to add. Sometimes, I talk because I need to be heard. Sometimes, I need to be quiet for those same reasons.
Be Blessed,
Mickey T
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