05 September 2004

The fall-out zones in life

It's better to be quiet, than to be heard.
And it's better to be silent, than to say a word.


Sometimes, it is just best to be quiet. Sometimes, you can't say anything at all. Sometimes, you know you shouldn't. Other times, the only thing you can think to say - is the wrong thing: a hurtful word, a course jest, a harsh reprieve, or a rude critique. And so, sometimes, it is better to be silent.

Some of the time, holding your tongue is all you can do to be wise. Sometimes, you just don't want to fight, you don't want to agrue, and you don't want to banter. Sometime, you just need to hold your tongue and walk back.

Walking back, stepping away can be the best gift, the best talent you learn. Oft times, a person cannot be wielded, cannot be changed in course or direction. Like a stray missle, they have been sent off in a set course. No fashioned, man-made things could stop them. At such times, the only good you can do it to clear the area - to step walk back away from the site - to step away from the fall-out zone.

Often, our lives are like the fall-out zone. You can't do anything but watch the ash and sputtering flames fall. You can't change their course more than they can change their own. And so, the only option in a foll-out zone life is to walk back and to step away.

-RK

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