The power of our words.
An article I was reading this week talked about the privilege that it is to use our words. I keep going back to this - our words are a privilege. They also carry a lot of power. I don't really support the sentiment of not taking anything personal, because I believe that anything directed at you is personal! This sentiment only promotes the idea of not having to be responsible with our words and making the person receiving them culpable for how they feel and how they react. I truly believe that our words have the power to destroy others or build them up. To create hope or hate. War or peace. To be authentic and honest, or in denial. Encourage or discourage. Diminish or strengthen. Build character or destroy character. Make others feel small, or important and unique. They carry either wisdom, or ignorance. There is also the decision to know if we use our words or we stay quiet. There have been a thousand times I didn't write or post anything because I didn't...
