ON WRITING: Tempting, isn't it?

Keep quiet, stay silent, and close your mouth, your very big mouth (or excessively inked pen). That's the suggestion of the previous philosophical joke. But should we? Should we human beings? Should we writers? Should we teachers?
I’ve lost the count of the times I’ve heard the saying: “el pez muere por la boca” (the fish dies through its mouth).

Just one day, the fish will die through its mouth. The rest of its days the fish will feed himself through that mouth, that very big mouth.
Another saying goes “en boca cerrada, no entran moscas” (Flies don't enter a close mouth).

The benefits of silence have been exaggerated. Conceded, silence might shake hands with diplomacy, decorum, and prudence. Good education, great manners, ...
But, on the other hand, have we counted the times we’ve got in trouble by keeping quiet? or the times we have avoided getting out of trouble by not speaking out?
No. I’m not saying that we should become involved in heated arguments, quarrels, bickering, insults, shouts, papaya throwing wars; or any kind of verbal or physical fights. Things get complicated when we cannot communicate effectively. We need to listen to the other side but if the other side doesn’t talk, how are we going to be able to listen? Should we guess?
Through good communication we can always have the possibility to fix things up with anyone, anywhere, at any time. However, nobody said that good communication was a piece of cake.
Should we be afraid of saying what and how we truly feel? What we truly believe and think? Should we tremble and try to run away when we hear “We’ve got to talk”?
I’ve frequently been the person who says the wrong thing, at the wrong time, to the wrong person. Or that’s what some people have said. Luckily not everyone had agreed.

My maternal grandfather used to say “la mentira nunca, la verdad no siempre”

"NEVER A LIE,

NOT ALWAYS THE TRUTH"

We don’t have to reveal the secrets that people who trust us have confided us.
We writers don’t bury deep down what’s already in the edges of our lips. Do we?
Writers will write in the flying up, in the fall, in the swimming, and inside of the cat’s mouth. Forget about the joke, wide open your mouth, and eat those flies! Some people must tell what others don’t. Keep writing.

(If you didn't read the previous post and watch the video, I suggest you to do so in order to get a better understanding of the context of this post).