I always thought there’s one commandment that Moses brought down from the mountain that I could never break:

THOU SHALT NOT KILL.

Inconceivable that I would use a gun, a knife, my bare hands, or anything to actually kill someone!

But, what about…

• killing someone’s joy or enthusiasm?
• killing someone’s faith in himself, herself, or others?
• killing someone’s spirit?
• killing their reputation?
• killing their hopes or dreams?

Not a gun or a knife, but a look, a snicker, a comment, or a lack of comment. Killing with a ball point pen or a sharp tongue…

It may take them 37 or 53 years to die, but they had been killed already.