On this day of your life

I believe God wants you to know ...

... that you may speak your truth, but
soothe your words with peace.

Tell your truth as soon as you know it. Yet tell it gently,

kindly, and with compassion for the hearer. Someone

needs to hear the truth from you today... but that person

also needs your deep compassion as you speak it.

Seek to say what needs to be said with softness, and

with a wide open heart. Remember, the truth can hurt...

but it hurts a lot less if you care how it feels while

saying it.