The Power of Simple Words

I think writing can be a healthy thing to do when stuff gets all built up inside and you just don't feel like talking with anyone! Or if the words wouldn't come out right, at least on paper it can be taken back, that is if someone hasn‘t read it yet! Something that can't be done when spoken!

Things that I couldn't say or didn't want to say face to face, I would use the pen and paper or computer to get it out. Secretly thinking or hoping that it would be read and understood if I chose to print it out or keep it once the writing was finished!

Words can be a wonderful thing but they also can be a dangerous weapon! So, it must be chosen very carefully. Or it 'should' be chosen very carefully! The old saying 'words cut like a knife' is so true. Until you have really felt that stabbing pain that can pierce through the body straight through to the heart and even deeper into your soul, you can't know the power of 'words'.

You can build someone up or tear them down! That my friend, is the power of words! Very few people have I come across in my life time that can honestly say they have never used that power. We all do and we all have in one way or another. Some admit it and some won’t. Growing and maturing helps us to manage that power. Or it should. For some, it doesn’t and that is sad. They are the ones who cut others! Life is a circle, what goes around will surely come back. There is an end to every beginning. Full circle!

Words can be beautiful and very ugly! Imagine telling your best friend how wonderful she is! Or seeing the look on your child’s face when you say how proud of them you are! Now, picture your best friend as you tell her what a stupid thing she did or your child’s face as you are yelling in that moment of aggravation asking ‘where is your brain?’ That is the difference between beautiful and ugly!

With simple words, you can bring tears of joy or tears of sadness. Simple words can make the difference in someone’s life that you never dreamed of. You never know when a simple ‘Hello’ with a smile can make someone’s day. Or in a moment, heal the heartache of someone that felt like the whole world was on their shoulder with words of kindness.

Seems as if so many are willing to pass judgment without walking that mile themselves. They use the power of words as a personal weapon without considering the outcome. We should all stop and think, really think how what we are about to say is going to effect the person we are going to say it to! And then don’t be hard on yourself if you do it wrong, after all, we are all human and bound to hurt others. Sometimes we use the power of words on ourselves. But the great thing about using the power of words in a negative way is that we can turn it around, we also can use that same power of words to say ‘I am sorry’. The toughest words to say for some. I know people that will not do that at all. To me, they are the ones who lose the power of words. They lose everything eventually. And for the ones who won’t accept the sincere apology, they will lose too! I try to live by this motto ‘Say what you mean, mean what you say’ and this one especially, ‘Don’t never say nothing you can’t take back’!

Words through email have brought together friends that have never met. Some have been lucky enough to meet! If this doesn’t prove how powerful words are, well then, I don’t know what can! To write to someone that we’ve never had the pleasure to meet face to face and continue to grow a true friendship. This has been the biggest thing that has taught me about words. Faceless cyber friends that show more support than my own family and so called friends! Ones that stand up for me when I am down, cry tears to wipe away from their own face, when they can’t reach mine. Simple {{Hugs}} that feel more real than the touch of people in my life that I see every day and don’t have time or take time to extend their arms. Emails that I open with excitement to see what my cyber friends have to say, when I have turned a deaf ear to the friends here because of their snobbish remarks or their eagerness to tell me of my own downfalls. Simple words on a simple computer from simple cyber friends that I look for each and every day, to pick me up from the falls of life. And then I feel their pain, their joy, their sadness and hope and more than that, I share it with you all! With the power of words, you have taught me so much and with the power of words I tell you now.. I love you all! From my heart to yours!

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