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Most of us assume that every time we speak,

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the words coming out of our mouths are merely 
sound bites of our most recent thoughts.

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This lack of care, however, can allow us 
to speak based from feeling rather than thinking 
through what we want to say.

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We forget the power of our words.

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Joel Osteen put this in perspective when 
he said, “Be careful what you say.

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You can say something hurtful in ten seconds, 
but ten years later,

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the wounds are still there.”

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So much good can be done if we watch our 
words and keep them toward kindness.

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As Mother Teresa stated, “Kind words can 
be short and easy to speak,

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but their echoes are truly endless.” I’m 
Mac Hammond, and this is the Winner’s Minute.