{"id":3805,"date":"2017-10-07T15:53:07","date_gmt":"2017-10-07T20:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nearariver.com\/?p=3805"},"modified":"2026-09-10T11:23:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T15:23:09","slug":"watch-what-you-say-near-river-bj-rae-eagle-encouraging-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/watch-what-you-say-near-river-bj-rae-eagle-encouraging-words\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch What You Say!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em>Here is test that will help you watch what you say.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_31672\"  width=\"730\" height=\"410\"  data-origwidth=\"730\" data-origheight=\"410\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6WQx3ePgHuQ?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In Ancient Greece, Socrates was known for valuing knowledge.<\/p>\n<p>One day an acquaintance met Socrates and said, \u201cDo you know what I just heard about your friend?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHold on a minute,\u201d Socrates replied.\u00a0 \u201cBefore you tell me anything, I\u2019d like you to pass the Triple Filter Test\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTriple filter?\u201d, his friend asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s right. Before you tell me about my friend, take a moment to filter what you are going to say. That\u2019s why I call it the triple filter test.\u00a0 The first filter is truth. Are you certain that what you are about to tell me is true?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo\u201d, the man said, \u201cActually I just heard it and\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll right\u201d, said Socrates.\u00a0 \u201cSo you really do not know if it is true. Now let\u2019s try the second filter, the filter of goodness. Is what you are about to tell me about my friend good?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, on the contrary\u201d, the man replied.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, you want to tell me something bad about him, but you\u2019re not sure if it\u2019s true.\u00a0 You may still pass the test, though.\u00a0 Because there is one filter left: the filter of usefulness. Is what you want to tell me useful?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, not really.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cWell\u201d, concluded wise Socrates,<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cif what you want to tell me is neither true, good, nor useful,<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">why do you want to tell it to me at all?\u201d<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Please watch what you say,<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">and teach your children to do the same thing!<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Let the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/encouraging\" slimstat=\"5\">encouraging words<\/a>\u00a0in these\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/river\" slimstat=\"5\">near\u00a0a\u00a0river<\/a>\u00a0posts help you<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">soar like an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/eagle\" slimstat=\"5\">eagle<\/a>\u00a0above life\u2019s storms.<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">YOU CAN GO ON!<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Survive\u00a0very hard times.<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bobbiejrae.com\/home\/keeping-promise-bj-rae-eagle-encouraging-words\/\">A very important promise.<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/category\/change-world-near-river-bj-rae-eagle\/\">Yes, YOU can change the world.\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Enjoy BJ\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/encouraging\" slimstat=\"5\">encouraging words<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/river\" slimstat=\"5\">near a river<\/a>!<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">BJ\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/encouraging\" slimstat=\"5\">encouraging<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/eagle\" slimstat=\"5\">eagle<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/river\" slimstat=\"5\"><u>Near\u00a0a River<\/u><\/a><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">common core<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.collinsdictionary.com\/dictionary\/english\/reading-book\" data-slimstat=\"5\">reading book\u00a0<\/a>for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/child\" slimstat=\"5\">children<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">is available on<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Amazon.com<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">and\u00a0Barnesandnoble.com.<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Buy BJ\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/river\" slimstat=\"5\"><u>Near\u00a0a River<\/u><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/eagle\" slimstat=\"5\">\u00a0<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/eagle\" slimstat=\"5\">eagle\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.collinsdictionary.com\/dictionary\/english\/reading-book\" data-slimstat=\"5\">reading book<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/child\" slimstat=\"5\">children<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">you care about today!<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is test that will help you watch what you say. In Ancient Greece, Socrates was known for valuing knowledge. One day an acquaintance met Socrates and said, \u201cDo you know what I just heard about your friend? \u201cHold on <a href=\"https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/watch-what-you-say-near-river-bj-rae-eagle-encouraging-words\/\"> Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6932,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1588,2612,77,1271,1269,1328,1334,1270,1329,1337,1714,1332,1321,12,9754,1331,9755,9753,1330,1320,1273,1322,1302,1274,1323,1325,1326,1324,19,1275,1319,1318,716,9410,9552,858,1327,1336,1335,1268,1666,1333,297,859,860,1667,1299],"class_list":["post-3805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles","tag-common-core-eagle-reading-book","tag-bald-eagle","tag-bj-rae","tag-books-for-children","tag-books-for-kids","tag-child-eagle-reading-book","tag-childrens-book","tag-childrens-books","tag-childrens-eagle-reading-book","tag-childrens-reading-book","tag-common-core-book","tag-common-core-reading-book","tag-core-reading-book","tag-eagle","tag-eagle-book","tag-eagle-book-for-child","tag-eagle-book-for-children","tag-eagle-book-for-kids","tag-eagle-child-book","tag-eagle-children-book","tag-eagle-childrens-book","tag-eagle-core-reading-book","tag-eagle-kid-book","tag-eagle-kids-book","tag-eagle-reading-book","tag-eagle-reading-book-for-child","tag-eagle-reading-book-for-children","tag-eagle-reading-book-for-kids","tag-encouragement","tag-encouraging","tag-encouraging-childrens-book","tag-encouraging-kids-book","tag-encouraging-words","tag-for-children","tag-for-kids","tag-gossip","tag-kid-eagle-reading-book","tag-kid-reading-book","tag-kids-book","tag-kids-books","tag-man-on-the-street","tag-reading-book","tag-soar-like-an-eagle","tag-socrates","tag-triple-filter-test","tag-why-do-we-gossip","tag-words-of-encouragement"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3805"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3805\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21126,"href":"https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3805\/revisions\/21126"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}