The Gift or the Penalty of Words

What a powerful weapon that we humans possess. The gift, or the penalty of words.

With words, we can mold a child’s mind. We can build children’s dreams with words, or knock those dreams asunder, and bear witness to small fallen angels in consequences with words.

We say: “Choose your words carefully”, or: “Choice words please”, when we are not sure what you will say, or how you will say those words.

Gift or Penalty words sometimes cannot be anticipated at the start of a sentence so we must beware of hidden meanings. Negative words could lead to a positive outcome in a sentence, and positive words could lead into a negative outcome in a sentence.

The structure of words in sequence matters as well, when spilling out your guts.

A gift or a penalty of words spoken each day costs you very little, just a couple of seconds. It takes a small effort to give this gift or penalty of words. Choose your words carefully.

For those with the gift of gab beware, once words are spoken, they cannot be returned so easily from whence they came. They can be explained after the fact, so if you are a fast talker, usually in the same sentence and one breath you will use more words to get across your thought than naught.

Usually gabbers eat their words. Those that do, often get indigestion.

For those of you who are slow talkers, words matter more. Chances are what you say is what you mean. No excuses to be mean for slow talkers, because you think before you speak. You mean what you say, so if it’s a sequence of penalties of words that are orated then you are a Meany.

The gift of words can bring new ideas, encouragement, inspiration, or the penalty of words can just as easily land a crushing blow, and forever knock down the timid, the vulnerable, or the needy.

Bullies use penalty of words as ammunition and try to scatter them about hoping to take you down a notch, because they can’t deal with you at your level.

Compassionates use gift of words that work to end the suffering of others, uplifting, and enabling people to stand tall in strength and succeed.

Children need a gift of words of encouragement each day, especially the youngest, it is how they can evolve and become confident, independent, and learn how to be empathetic towards all creatures.

Let’s not limit this gift of words to the youngest, let us spread these gifts of words so we can move mountains, alter attitudes, and change the world.

Words matter. People matter. The gift of words can heal, inspire, encourage, and penalty of words hate, bully, intimidate.