our words...

last night i was reminded how much our words and actions can hurt the people around us... even when we don't intend to hurt people...
All people have had a different walk in life, and so they see things through different lenses... like even some people being asked to go somewhere, i have seen taken the wrong way... the invite was just an invite to join in on community... but the person took it the wrong way... (and not the way that most of you who are reading this think...) The person took it as if the guy inviting him was just taking the mickey of him, teasing him.... to make him jealous... but it was just a honest invite to come along and join in .... I only found this out when i actually sat down with the person who was invited, and he shared that,...
It made me think how many other times do our good intentions, invites, words and actions and non action are taken the wrong way just because people are hurt and they see things through different lenses... and we will never know what they are thinking about, or how they see things (even our words and actions) unless we get alongside people and ask them....