Another New Challenge

I've been pushing myself to stretch myself a little every week or so with some random thing which usually seems silly to observers.

Some of the challenges have been fun, others amusing, all of them have been hard or difficult in a lot of ways. This next one, however, will be a doozy.

I'm going to avoid swearing for 30 days. It's not like I really ever have that much but I've sworn more since April 8, 2008 than I have in all of the years previous to that. Maybe a little regress isn't so bad an idea at times and I think it will put me a little closer to where I want to be right now. While I enjoy the surge of energy I feel from so raw an expression, there is always a trade-off. I think less before deciding I don't care. Not that I'd ever say that, though. I maintain self-control, but for those who are Christian, and even if you're not, you'd mouth is your destiny; words -- what you say to yourself and others -- are one of the more powerful tools in our possession for shaping our future and I really think I'm overdue to have a good think on how I am using that power. Namely, I should gave a voice with a singular sound and, while there's a firmly unique spark with which I do anything including speaking, I must be wary of blending in with voices around me; if you are among the wounded with a gift of healing, it helps not to sound out as the wounded do. This will be the start... or a progressive regression to being someone that loves you better, more deeply and from a higher place maybe.

No, it doesn't make me better than anyone, but I believe it would make me better.