A nice hot bath is soothing, relaxing, and leaves you feeling better after you leave it or alternatively it can burn you leaving a bad scar with a story to tell. Hot water is also a beautiful thing when added to cocoa mix, it has a wonderful aroma, it warms you up on a cold day and is really good when shared with a close friend. However, you need a spoon to carefully stir the mix or you end up with a big hot mess.
We all have the option to determine who we’ll be when met with hot water. Will you stir up a gossip conversation, engage in talking behind someone else’s back, be a story topper or listen and redirect the conversation to a better place. Nothing good ever comes out of gossip, not even for the instigator.
Teaching this life lesson to my girls over the years is repetitive but the message is still the same it does not age with time.
As a mom raising girls I know the real lesson is to teach them to recognize situations of hot water and for them to decide who they are going to be when they’re faced with hot water.
I know from personal experience that it feels so much better to not engage in hurtful conversations but if you find that you have……apologize. Nobody’s perfect, we all make mistakes. Ask yourself, what is your motivation with your apology? Only you can decide if you are sincere with an apology.
Gossip girls are no better then a school yard bully and sadly they grow up to take their gossipy lifestyle into their grown up lives affecting and hurting so many people.
It’s really that simple. It’s a choice. Who do you want to be when faced with hot water?
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