Justifying or explaining

How often do we justify where there is no need to justify?

How often do we go into explanations when we find our voice trailing away,

and we feel weaker than if we had not made an attempt to explain.

How often do we blow up a matter where if we had left it alone, it would have remained behind the radar.

Trying to justify, to explain makes us come across as weak, makes others think less of us than if we had remained silent and strong in our convictions.

So my spirit team taught me.