“Before you speak, let your words pass through three gates:
At the first gate, ask yourself “Is is true?”
At the second gate ask, “Is it necessary?”
At the third gate ask, “Is it kind?”
A Facebook friend shared the above yesterday. This is one I’ve not heard before but I’ll likely be quoting from now on. The picture it was in came from “The Center for Mindful Living.” I did a bit of googling about the quote and found this blog posting on Philiosophical Percolations that describes the origins and meaning further.
More wisdom next week,
Andrew
Andrew's View of the Week 
Not funny like your dad’s stuff, but still very wise. And, more importantly, no toenails were harmed in the writing of this post–I hope. 😉
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There are days I feel wiser than I do funny. It’s a feeling I get in my toenails…
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Hehe.
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Wonderful advice. And simply stopping long enough to consider it would take the heat and anger out of a lot of remarks.
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It would do that.
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Well said!
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The world would be a much quieter place if everybody followed this practice.
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I could live with that. 😉
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How much of the world’s pain would be eliminated by this simple advice… Great one.
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That is very true. Now if people would just follow it.
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But, that would kill social media. In fact, it would kill conversation about blog posts. Is there a gate for ‘Is it fun?’
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But it would take years of postings and comments to debate if this. and I think you just opened the “Is it fun?” gate. 😉
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