It’s My Tongue I’ll Wag It If I Want To (standard:humor, 909 words)
Author: Godspenman	Added: May 30 2021	Views/Reads: 1027/742	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
Once you say something, it is impossible to unsay it. My tongue has got me into more trouble than all the other things in my life. But there's one thing about my tongue that can compensate for this. I can use my tongue to praise the God who created m

Like everybody else, I have my share of trouble. It's not that I want to
get into trouble, but trouble always seems to be somewhere near where I 
am at the time. I regret that time when I was first introduced to 
trouble. 

Some trouble I can't prevent. It just happens, and no matter what I do,
trouble is in the room. I don't think there's anything I can do about 
that, but I hope the trouble will not be that bad. 

I know some people in my family get into trouble on purpose. The grand
goal of their life is to get into trouble on a variety of levels. Back 
in the day, when we had family reunions, this person, which will remain 
anonymous, did everything he possibly could to make trouble. 

Most of the family just ignored him and forgot what he was doing. He
wanted to be remembered as the family troublemaker. Actually, he was 
remembered as the family Goofball. 

Another form of trouble is what people bring on intentionally. For some
reason, they want to get into trouble, and get a lot of pleasure out of 
bullying. 

I could never understand this bullying mentality. What does anybody get
from bullying somebody else? I remember in school, several guys got a 
lot of fun out of bullying other kids. 

That went on until Miss Ammon, the fifth-grade teacher, showed up. She
had her way of unbullifying anybody that crossed her path. If she 
caught you, you were in more trouble than you could handle. 

Also, there is the trouble I get in by making a mistake. I didn't mean
to do it, but for some reason, I did it, and as everybody knows, there 
are always consequences. Usually, the consequences aren't worth the 
trouble. 

I've had experience in just about all levels of trouble in one form or
another. The steps on the ladder of progress and growth are trouble. If 
you can handle trouble, you then are progressing in your maturity. 

As terrible as all of these things are, one source of trouble outweighs
all others. It has taken me a long time to understand the dimensions of 
this kind of trouble. 

What I'm thinking about at this point is my “tongue.” 

This tongue of mine has been the most significant source of trouble and
problems through out my life. As I get older, it seems to get worse. 

A preacher friend of mine would talk about one of the older women in his
church, and he said, "I often wondered if this woman ever had an 
unexpressed thought in her life." 

I know what he means because I often wondered that about myself. 

I have not yet learned that because I'm thinking about something, I do
not need to speak it. Thinking doesn't get me in trouble; speaking gets 
me into deep trouble. 

Sometimes when the Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage is speaking to me,
I speak out loud without realizing it. Then comes the infamous, "What 
did you say?" 

Whenever I hear this, I know I'm in some kind of trouble. Either I
didn't hear it right, or I did hear it right, and I responded. 

As a veteran husband, I should understand that she does not expect an
answer whenever she asks a question. All she wants from her husband is 
a positive shaking of the head and a greasy smile. 

I know this, but sometimes I forget. If only I could train my tongue
when to speak and when not to speak. There are times when that old 
tongue of mine will wag and wag, getting me into deep trouble. 

One morning right after breakfast, I was getting ready to leave when my
wife said, “When will you be ready to do that job?” 


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