Original Advice
“DONT: Let sharp delivery slide without naming it.”
Correct the Cut, Not Just Content
You forgive daggers because the data checks out. You grade cruelty on a curve if it arrives with bullet points. You translate contempt into 'directness' and tell yourself efficiency matters more than tenderness. It doesn’t. Sharp delivery is still violence at room temperature. Every time you let it pass, you teach the room your body is a cutting board.
Language is your instrument. If you ignore its edges, you blunt your own. Naming the cut is not drama; it is quality control. Tone carries intent, sets hierarchy, decides who shrinks. When you call it, you reset the room to humane settings. You preserve your focus, your stomach lining, and the actual work. Exacting includes how, not just what.
Cosmic Context
Mercury rules you; words are your scalpel. As an earth sign, you maintain systems—start with the climate of speech.
Action
──────Say: Pause. The tone is cutting. Rephrase before continuing.
✨ You are allowed to require kindness as a standard, not a bonus. ✨