Tone Of Voice

It's not so much what you say as the manner in which you say it.
It's not so much the language you use as much as the tone in which you convey it.
"Come here" I sharply said, and the child cowered and wept.
"Come here" I said. He looked and smiled and straight to my lap he crept.
Words may be mild and fair but the tone may pierce like a dart;
Words may be soft as the summer air but the tone may break my heart;
For words come from the mind grow by study and art.
But tone leaps from the inner self, revealing the state of the heart.
Weather you know it or not,
Whether your mean or care,
Gentleness, kindness, love, hate, envy, anger are there.
Then, would you quarrels avoid and peace, and love rejoice?
Keep anger not only out of your words, keep it out of your voice.


This is one that I need to read often. I often forget about my tone of voice. This is a huge area of my life that I have to work on and that I struggle with. Today will be a good day to work on it since I only got two hours of sleep due to some dental pain. Oh well that's life. I will keep praying all day for patience and I will pay attention to my tone.
Ape