This post really struck a chord with me:

Words are powerful. I’m willing to bet every person reading this has been hurt by words at least once in their life.

Two days ago an eight year old told me he wanted to commit suicide over words... mean things others said about him.

I don’t want to be the kind of person who ignores something like this. I think it’s important. We all have strong opinions, but I wonder, can we sometimes remember that rule most of us learned as children “if you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all.”

Could you put aside the need to shout your own beliefs loudly if you knew that YOUR words might be the last straw? You might be the one that pushes someone too far and they decide to end their life.