Language is critical. The words we use and the messages we convey are paramount in Judaism.
Sometimes if we were to stand back and look from a distance at the conversations we have we would be astounded at their pettiness.
A Greek and Jew were talking.
"Years ago," said the boastful Greek, "while digging engineers found a long wire in the earth."
"What does that mean?" asked the Jew.
"It proves that we had the telegraph hundreds of years before it was discovered."
"That is a great feat," agreed the Jew. "In Israel engineers were digging deeply into the earth and they found nothing. No trace of any wires at all"
"What does that prove?" asked the Greek.
"It shows that they had wireless centuries before!"
Sometimes it is good to look at the things we say dispassionately. Words are critical. It is better to think first and speak later.
Sometimes if we were to stand back and look from a distance at the conversations we have we would be astounded at their pettiness.
A Greek and Jew were talking.
"Years ago," said the boastful Greek, "while digging engineers found a long wire in the earth."
"What does that mean?" asked the Jew.
"It proves that we had the telegraph hundreds of years before it was discovered."
"That is a great feat," agreed the Jew. "In Israel engineers were digging deeply into the earth and they found nothing. No trace of any wires at all"
"What does that prove?" asked the Greek.
"It shows that they had wireless centuries before!"
Sometimes it is good to look at the things we say dispassionately. Words are critical. It is better to think first and speak later.
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