The Loss of Civility

I was watching one the morning news programs today and they did a piece on this topic. So many thoughts went through my mind as I watched. They talked about so many examples in the world today. People who are famous for being uncivil. Off colored language from those at the highest levels of government. The examples just went on and on.

It made me think about myself. How often has my speech been thoughtless and uncivil. How often am I more interested in getting a laugh than speaking appropriately. Who have I hurt? Who have I been dis-respectful to?

I have been trying to make the idea of "Let virtue garnish your thoughts unceasingly" be a much bigger part of my life. I truly understand that "As a man think-ith, so is he".

I can see that civility is something else I need to be thinking about.