Saddling Wild Tongues

Taming a wild tongue is a difficult and arduous task. Holding back one’s tongue is sometimes the hardest thing to do especially in a country where free speech and expression are encouraged. So, how can you tame a wild tongue? Train it to be quiet and lie down when not needed? Such a task requires training and discipline. At its heart, a tongue that is truly wild can never be fully tamed but it can be trained to stay down and only stay up when asked to. The process can be done just as one would tame a wild animal. Discipline when the unwanted action appears and rewards when the correct response is indicated. Operant conditioning with positive reinforcement and negative punishment is the only way to control one of the most uncontrolled organs of the body. With time, patience, and rigorous training, an uncontrolled tongue can be controlled and taught how to speak the way one wants and at the time one wants. With force and mindless training, a wild tongue can be trained but it will never truly lose its wildness. A wild tongue is a part of a whole that belongs to an argumentative, assertive person who some may call an advocate. Though the tongue can ultimately be tamed, the heart cannot.