This is amazing. I am currently holding chat windows with 2 close friends.
Lessons from 2 of them: Be more thoughtful with my words.

It is so easy to judge others esp now that I am more comfortable in my own skin. Also because it is much easier to identify with pple who are stuck in the rut. Most of the time I am tempted to give such individuals a peace of my mind about how much self-pity and how myopic they are. I literally wanna yell at them and I really get mad at them for not valueing or seeing the value of their life. I did just that to a friend who has been in the same situation for the longest time. My conclusion to him to shut myself up: If you don't wanna help yourself, no one else can. I think I will leave it as that.

I judge my life too. I am glad that I went thru everything that I did, regardless of how silly and juvernile I feel that were. But when it comes to relating how these experiences have moulded me into who I am today, I tend be inconsiderate in terms of the words I use to describe these past experiences. It then becomes offensive if those experiences involved the person I am relating it to. Result: I unknowingly offend the person.

My enthusiasm for my work and my life can offend others in another way. It is most evident in my tele-conversations with the friends that I call for appt. I have yet to overcome this part of myself. I admit, it does not feel good to be tagged as an insurance agent and all its negative connotations. But when I call people and they ask me what I do, I have to tell them. And u prob guessed ask much. The usual skeptism can sometimes be deepened by my thoughtless choice of words, that will all in all result 'hard sell'. But my intention is not to sell! But I cant the message thru, plus I am not so proud of my label as Insurance Agent. Result: Worse impression of insurance agents than before.

I have also been thoughtless in my expression of God'slove and blessing upon me. I am going 'thanks be to God', 'Praise the Lord' every now and then for the wonderful things happening to me. But to non-believers, it is so darn irritating, or it could potentially be given longer exposure to such exclamations. If a friend didnt tell me to tone down on that, I prob would never know how inconsiderate I've been these few weeks. Conclusion: Actions speak louder than words, so do more and shut up more.

Now I am thinking, should I even be blogging these thoughts at all. ...