power of the tongue

Its really hard to get the gumption to write this week; physically and mentally I feel beaten. Physically I am sick; lovely. Nothing like that to sink your numbers! Mentally and emotionally,I feel sick too. My work place has been slowly becoming toxic and it blew up big in the last couple of weeks. Its not very comfortable at all anymore. Worse yet, I discovered that things I had said had been interpreted differently than my intentions. The bible speaks of the power of life and death being in the tongue, and its very accurate. I hurt a friend unintentionally by being careless. I did not mean to hurt, but that doesnt absolve me. We have talked it over, hopefully we can still be friends. Now I doubt everything I say and do; I don't want to hurt anyone by something so stupid, that is supposedly under my control. Lesson learned? Hopefully. Sometimes it seems it takes God/the universe/whatever you believe in a 2x4 upside the head to get a lesson through. I think I've had a few whacks before, seems I need more.