Heart --> Mouth --> Heart...

Yup, the connection between mouth and heart is actually a two-way connection. Wow!! My heart affects the words that came out of my mouth and the words that came out of my mouth affect my heart. From what we learned is the past weeks, heart is where our feelings come from, right? Its somehow very hard to stop our emotions or the feelings from our heart from expressing through words. No matter how hard u try, it will still fail. When u feel happy, somewhat the words that come out from your mouth will be sweet and happy. You might not realise it, but somehow the listener will feel it/know it. When u feel down, then as a result your words will become bitter as well. No matter how hard u suppress the feelings. I am not sure if that works on you guys, but it definitely works on me. Haha... Thats wad my family always said. Hehe...

So how does it work reciprocally? I think I shall just use the example in the book, which is really true. The anger in our heart spills out in biting words that magnify the anger inside and wound our soul. Yup, somehow the words that come out from our mouth have a significant effect on our heart and soul. It magnifies the feelings in our heart. Have u tried when u argue with someone, somehow u will get more angry. This is because when u expressed ur feelings through words, the same words will magnify the feelings again! In that case we have to get out from this vicious circle of words, but how?? There are a few strategies that can help breaking this cycle, as mentioned in our book, ie get away and cool down for a few minutes, pray for other person, use owning statement rather than blaming statement, tone and volume of yours etc etc. But above all these, the most efficient way is to START TAKING YOUR HEART AND WORDS MORE SERIOUSLY. Start taking your emotion and feelings aka your heart more seriously. How? Change the focus of your heart. Stop focusing on yourself or others, but focus on God, make the Kingdom of God as your primary priority. So people, start taking your words more seriously, as it may hurt you and hurt others (consciously and unconsciously). Stop saying sorry for the things that you don't "mean" it, But really mean what you are saying!!