Has got me in trouble
I said too much again
To a date over dinner yesterday
And I could see
She was offended
She said, "Well, anyway"
Just dying for a subject change
Oh, it's another social casualty
Score one more for me
How could I forget?
Mama said, "Think before speaking"
No filter in my head
...I'm never speaking up again
It only hurts me
I'd rather be a mystery
Than she desert me
These lines are taken from one of my favourite John Mayer songs (My Stupid Mouth). Although the song is a little funny it is the sort of funny that bespeaks irony and is reminiscent of our own tragedy. We are all victims of social casualties and more often than not are also the catalysts for the same. Some of the best advice I ever got was "Don't pass up the opportunity to be quiet." (Or, No pases por alto la oportunidad de estarte callado.) Too often I open my own stupid mouth and miss those precious opportunities when I should just shut up. Silence is, according to some, a spiritual discipline. If such is the case than it is a discipline in which I am severely lacking.
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