Proverbs 29:11 A fool vents all his feelings, But a wise man holds them back.
I often think of myself as a fool because I cannot keep a conversation going for too long; but then you get to meet some people who just have to get everything off their chest without thinking about the consequences of what they say!
There are times when we should talk about things and then there are times when we definitely do need to keep quiet. It is not all about us and what we think and want all the time. It is about how we interact with others and how we make them feel too.
It is no use being able to say all sorts of things if nothing that we say will build other people up – because we are then just breaking others down…