Heard an interestiingphrase...for discussion

Jace

Jace

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Don't say something...that people can't hear!

Hmmm!

I really hagee to think about this👆one.

What about you?
What does.it mean to you?
 

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Jace said:
Don't day something...that people can't hear!
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Do you mean don't say something...that people can't hear?

I'm not sure what it means to me, Jace so I'll just go with the first thing that comes to mind:

"Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops." [Luke 12, verse 3, KJV]

There are really no secrets, except maybe just for awhile.
 
palides2021 said:
The first thought that came to my mind when I read this is to not whisper something to someone where others around you cannot hear it. Somewhat like, don't tell "secrets," similar to what @MACKTEXAS mentioned.
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Yes, that's what I understood it to mean.
Now, if the expression was, "Don't say something that people shouldn't hear", that would mean something else altogether...:)
 
Well, if you say something that people can't hear, it either means you're alone, or in a room with deaf people.
Either way, whatever you say won't matter. It's a moo point (Like a cow's opinion .... it doesn't matter).
 
Context matters. In various kinds of relationships and scenarios that phrase could apply in the various ways others have suggested.

Me, i think of the "...can't hear." not in terms of physically hearing but in terms of comprehending and healthily processing what is said to them. This can happen for various reasons: Including distorted self image (in either direction--extremely high/low self esteem), usually acquired in childhood by how adults labeled them or treated them or by being pushed into familial roles-- the golden child or the scapegoat. Either one might have trouble accepting any assessment of them that contradicts what they were led (indoctrinated) to believe about themselves. Even if they repeatedly physically 'hear' the contradictory assessment from various
people.

This can also happen because of emotionally charged choices one made as a child. Deciding not to do something you struggle with because it's 'too hard' when maybe you just haven't had the right teacher. Or deciding to 'never again' do something you're good at and or enjoy, because someone told you that you could never earn a living at it, or because you expect perfection if yourself.
 

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