And the tongue is a fire, the very world of iniquity; the tongue is set among our members as that which defiles the entire body, and sets on fire the course of our life, and is set on fire by hell.Today, the tongue isn't the only way our expression can damage ourselves and others. For many, their primary method of communication is through their fingers. Texting, posting, commenting, replying -- all are easy to do without much thought, and can cause great hurt to others.
I got a painful lesson in this recently. I commented on a friend's post, something I thought was a (dry) humoring response. She didn't see it that way, and looking back I can understand why. But in confronting me about it, she exaggerating things a lot herself, and it's caused me to withdraw from her. But I don't feel like I can express my hurt, because it'll seem like escalation or that it will hurt her in turn, and I don't want that.
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