Dear Sir,

We as people are vessels. The question is, what are we carrying? Are we vessels of honour — filled with truth, kindness and purpose — or vessels of dishonour, spilling gossip, envy and destruction?

The Bible warns us in Proverbs 10:18: “Whoever conceals hatred with lying lips and spreads slander is a fool.”

Yet in today’s society, we see it everywhere — people speaking recklessly about others, driven by jealousy, envy and bad mind, spreading propaganda without a second thought. Drama and gossip have become a form of entertainment, with falsehoods travelling faster than truth.

We have created a culture where tearing someone down gets more applause than building them up. This is not only dangerous; it is poison. Words have power. They can heal or they can harm. Every single day, each of us chooses whether our mouths will be instruments of purpose or tools of destruction.

Imagine if we all decided to speak life instead of death, encouragement instead of ridicule, unity instead of division. Imagine if we guarded our words as treasures, using them to lift rather than crush. What a wonderful place this world would become.

As the elders have always said: “If you can’t say anything good about someone, keep your mouth shut.”

Bless up. God is the greatest. Choose love. Speak life. Live with honour.

SHERVONNE HOLLIS

Hamilton Parish