Say What?

Thoughts on 101 days on quarantine.

"There are some who feel that venting their personal anger or deeply held opinions is more important than conducting themselves as Jesus Christ lived and taught. How we disagree is measure of who we are and whether we truly follow the Savior." Quentin L. Cook 

I decided not to read any more Facebook posts that are negative because it brings a dark spirit and I even hesitate to use the word dark anymore because it seems like anything that has to do with color is politically incorrect. I am so tired of this kind of ridiculous rhetoric. 

Words are a powerful thing. Words can build, lift, comfort, teach, inspire or calm people's nerves. To the opposite, words can destroy and demolish, incite, enrage, belittle, criticize, embarrass and demean. Research has shown that people speak around 15, 000 words a day. Which means we have that tons of chances every day to say something positive or to say something negative, the choice is totally up to us.

There is an old saying that "stick and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me." Not true! It should say: "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but unkind words will always hurt me." Broken bones can heal but the damage of unkind words might never heal. Anyone who has ever been on the receiving end of verbal abuse or verbal assaults knows all too well how true this is and I speak of experience. 

I think negative people who speak negative of others are people who feel negative about themselves. They become incapable of seeing the positive, and they become determined to make everyone around them feel miserable too. That is their only objective and people react to them which is exactly what they want. It brings contention and contention is clearly from Satan.

I have to keep remembering that the words we say reflect the person that we are. Our words reflect our character. That goes for what we say and what we write. In today's world we see people writing horrible things on Twitter or Facebook that are grotesque. 

Bullying is no longer just for the playground. And people seemed to take more liberty with being unkind in writing then they would dare attempt to verbalize in person. Putting word in written form hurts no less than words spoken, and sometimes it can hurt even more. 

When I have come across that type of tearing down, I can't help but think to myself, how miserable must this person who wrote this must be to have taken the time out of their day to post something destructive and degrading about someone else. Making that effort takes being a truly unhappy person who wants nothing more than to spread their misery. it's really very sad.

On the opposite end of the spectrum we have those who use their words in positive ways. They are optimistic and happy and they look for the good. They are encouraging and kind and they use the power of their words to build and encourage. People are drawn to them because they know they will lift them up, give them hope, and inspire them to be better. These people are loved, and it is easy to see why. 

I absolutely love people who use the power of their words to do good. I love learning from them and I love being around them. They make the world a happier place. I can think of so many dear friends who bring light to this world. Those are the people that bring me joy. They are keepers!

Con amor,
Vero