Just WAIT & THINK first.

Today, I learned of a way to describe the beauty of the silence that occurs during discussion with telling ourselves to [WAIT] while gently asking ourselves [w]hy [a]m [i] [t]alking.

Diminishing the need to perform.

To portray intellectually.

To portray funny [oooooooooooof]

To portray happy.

and just be.

So learning to WAIT, and ask ourselves

Why

Am

I

Talking ?

Which naturally reminds me of another useful acronym to [THINK] before you speak. Asking yourself is what I am about to say/saying

True

Helpful

Important

Necessary

Kind

What a world we would live in if more people chose to WAIT and THINK first, and not just when speaking to others, but especially when speaking to themselves.

Mmm mm mm.