Words are hard to take back. But sometimes I wish I could rewind time, pause a moment longer before speaking, and say better words. I’ve pointed out what’s been missed in the cleaning before praising the work already done, been quick to become defensive, or let distraction sharpen my tone. But it’s not so easy to simply stop criticizing with our words. Instead of stopping what we do in our default moments, we need to start doing the right things so we can actually stop doing the wrong things.

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