"There's plenty of fish in the sea,"

everyone has heard that phrase when

it's decided that it wasn't meant to be.

"Spend a day in their shoes,"

another thing that's been said

when you seem to lose.

"I'll be with you through thick and thin,"

a wedding vow that seems

to give any bride or groom a grin.

"You got this! Break a leg,"

a helpful phrase to give when someone

thinks you might crack like an egg.

We say these things

but we don't always mean them.

We handle these circumstances as if they are

cotton that can drop and not a precious gem.

But who are we hurting if not ourselves?

Next time let's think before we speak to people like

they are replaceable items on shelves.