Today in the news was a tragic story of a deaf man who was stabbed because someone mistook his sign language for "making gang signs."  As ridiculous as this is, we can only assume that the man who did the stabbing "rushed to judgement."  No one who paused for even a moment to stop and consider would have made this mistake.

But in this day and age we live in, many people think that everything must happen RIGHT NOW.  We are so spoiled by the crushing rush of technology that we now get frustrated if a website or YouTube video takes more than 2 seconds to load.  We must know everything at this very instant…no waiting!

But this is not how life works, and many times we absolutely need to Stop…… and think.

Stop, and think.  Consider something for a moment.  Slow down ever so slightly to look at something and weigh our options.  Hmmmmm, what does this sentence really mean?  What did this person really intend to convey when they made that statement?  Could I see this another way?

You can't really stop and think if you're multi-tasking.  Doing many things at once means you're doing nothing really well.  And doing things in a rush just tends to make a mess.  Sometimes you have to take the time to scrub, or hunt, or polish, or massage an idea.

So take a moment today to STOP, and think.  Don't just blurt out the first thing that crosses your mind, and don't tweet your every thought as soon as you think it.  You'll be glad you took time to consider, think, and then….maybe…act.