Friday!

Proverbs!

Don't speak to a fool, 

for he will despise the insight of your words.

Proverbs 23:9 CSB

Last day of 2021 and this is what Proverbs gives us! It's not saying to treat everyone like a foolish person who doesn't appreciate our great wisdom about everything, but this proverb can give us a useful boundary as there are times or subjects that some people just don't get us, don't hear us, and this proverb gives the freedom to not engage. Sometimes it's wiser not to go there. 

When I read this proverb for the first time I see me as the hero, the wise person, the one with insight in his words. But how often am I the foolish person that others don't expend their words with becuase I won't listen, I won't hear them out, I don't try to understand where they're speaking from. People have put their boundaries in place to keep themselves safe from me, from my attitude.

So yes, keep your boundaries to keep yourself safe, but as 2021 ticks down, this proverb gently encourages me to consider how well I am listening to those in my life, to hear and understand them.

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