Tas Talks Tuesday: Power of Words

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The Power of Words.

Words are a representation of how one is feeling. Words tell you whether you are good enough or not. Words wound and has the potential to murder. Whether it be the murder of ones dream or ones life, words are powerful. Words are brutal. Then again, words express love. Words caress but also possess. We are the master of words. We say what we want to because we have the right to... right?

There are so many ways of expressing our feelings to someone, to get a point or a message across or to just find a way to relieve ourselves by speaking to somebody because we have too much on our mind.
But why do we feel like we have the right to be able to say whatever we want and not expect consequences? Is it something that's been passed on from our ancestors? Is it the way we have been brought up? If you use words brutally in order to hurt someone emotionally, do you care or even think about the possible outcome that might occur? Once your words have been spoken, they cannot be retrieved. I think the term "think before you speak" can be applied in this post because it is scary how true it is.

Words have the power to make or break someone. You can only be pushed so far or so close to a certain limit in which you'll break and give up. As to everything in life, words have two sides: the bad and the good. Firstly, the good. Encouragement, motivation, charisma, compassion, faith, hope, success. What I've written and what I'm writing now are just words. They can mean nothing to one person and they can mean everything to the other. All of these 'positive' words make you feel good right? Let me introduce the idea of 'happy' words. When someone encourages you, it motivates you. You'll have hope and faith in yourself and you'll believe that one day you'll be able to achieve great success in all of your endeavours.
I used 8 'happy' words in two sentences just now. Now think for one second. Close your eyes and think. Be honest, when somebody encourages you to do better or be better, you feel appreciated and positive. Happy words have an effect of positivity amongst people. That's what they're there for.

Now for the bad. The bad mean words just scream negativity. Even the word "negative" or "negativity" sounds bad. Imagine the effect your hurtful words have on others. Think about the bigger picture. A friend once said that "it's easy for someone to diss their peers but difficult to compliment them". It's unfortunate because of the immense truth that the statement has. We can easily judge someone whether it be their physical appearance, their personal problems and/or experiences but then expect them to not care because they're just words.

Sometimes peoples compliments are just words to you. It doesn't effect you in any way. Why should it? Because they're just words you say. "Words don't mean nothing" you say. Yes, words mean everything. "Words are lies" you argue, but my friend, words are everything. Words are the truth, an opinion, a fact, a quote, a saying, a fable, a myth, a lie. Words are everything which is why the power of words is immense. We can never fully grasp the importance of words because of the depth in which it can be analysed.

Now, time to relate the power of words to real life and everyday problems.

"Be sure to taste your words before you spit them out"

When you want to hurt someone with words, think. Your diss can stick in that persons mind for a very long time, maybe even permanently. 100 compliments can't even make up for what you said to them because your negative words were so powerful. The consequence: you've damaged someone's confidence. Well done. (Sarcasm).

And you know what? It's not a laughing matter. It really isn't. You may act all high and mighty now but karma will come round soon. Use your words carefully. Please think before you speak. Please reflect before you eject negativity. Please use your head before you spread rumours. Please calm yourself before you harm someone else.  

I feel like I'm going to re-visit this topic in the near future. I don't feel like I've said everything I've wanted to say because I simply do not want to bore my readers. As always, thank you for the support. Thank you all so much.

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Take care, God bless.

SALUTATIONS x