Wish I got this lesson sooner in life

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Only credit me for finding this, I did something similar to my kids, but this is next level and entirely transformed my petty concept to a 5D experience in ultra HD :LOL:
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My daughter starts middle school tomorrow. We've decorated her locker, bought new uniforms, even surprised her with a new backpack. But tonight just before bed, we did another pre-middle school task that is far more important than the others. I gave her a tube of toothpaste and asked her to squirt it out onto a plate. When she finished, I calmly asked her to put all the toothpaste back in the tube. She began exclaiming things like "But I can't!" and "It won't be like it was before!" I quietly waited for her to finish and then said the following:

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"You will remember this plate of toothpaste for the rest of your life. Your words have the power of life or death. As you go into middle school, you are about to see just how much weight your words carry. You are going to have the opportunity to use your words to hurt, demean, slander and wound others. You are also going to have the opportunity to use your words to heal, encourage, inspire and love others. You will occasionally make the wrong choice; I can think of three times this week I have used my own words carelessly and caused harm. Just like this toothpaste, once the words leave your mouth, you can't take them back. Use your words carefully, Breonna. When others are misusing their words, guard your words. Make the choice every morning that life-giving words will come out of your mouth. Decide tonight that you are going to be a life-giver in middle school. Be known for your gentleness and compassion. Use your life to give life to a world that so desperately needs it. You will never, ever regret choosing kindness."
 
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Good for you! Definitely an amusing and memorable physical analogy for that lesson. I hope she took it to heart.
 
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Good for you! Definitely an amusing and memorable physical analogy for that lesson. I hope she took it to heart.
Sorry to say but that was not my post from the beginning.
Just something I was compelled to share because it was just so much better than the talk I had with my kids 20 years ago in regards to "think before speak", "words can kill" etc.
This is totally next level and it will always be remembered by the kid who had to experience it.
 
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Is this LinkedIn now?
 
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Truly an excellent use of the cost of a toothpaste tube and what a strong life lessen!!

Thank you for passing it along!!
 
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