Words

It's amazing to me how one little comment can utterly affect my reality. Someone I considered a friend made a comment to me that completely changed our relationship. Actually, it's more how she handled the situation and, seemed to me, to over-react to the whole thing. That relationship is now scarred because of that - it will never be the same.
That one comment made me completely re-evaluate my job, why I do what I do, and whether I am any good at it. It's amazing the impact that words uttered in a careless reaction can have...
I have learned the importance of thinking through things before blurting initial reactions out - you never know who is really listening or who takes those words to heart.