Words

I'm always amazed by how elaborately we can describe something with our words. Whether it's the spoken word coupled with body language, or the written word, it's fascinating.

I mean, think about it just for a moment. I saw a Tumblr post that described it like this: Your favorite book is just a combination of 26 or so symbols marked on thin slices of trees, and you hallucinate vividly for hours on end. Not a direct quote, but you get the gist. If you don't read the good 'ole paperback, then it's probably an extremely complicated combination of 1's and 0's. If it's not books, it's movies, or people, or music.

You can express a whole ton with just your words. You can literally create an entirely new world, complete with races, an ecosystem, a creation myth, its own physics, chemistry, biology, astronomy, ways of life, all with just your words. You can reach down into the depths of someone's heart and pull them out of their shell, just with the right words. You can literally speak light into someone's darkness, and vice versa, just with your words. You can breathe life or death with your words.

So, now that you know you have this super power, what are you gonna do with it? You could save a life. You could destroy a life. You could create something new and terrible, excruciatingly, painfully beautiful, devastatingly amazing. I caution you, once you open your mouth and start to speak, take your pencil and begin to write, open up your laptop and begin to type, unlock your phone and start to tap at the keys, your words will change the world around you. Once you start using your words, you may also have to follow through with some action, as well.

Can you handle that? One day you may be called on to account for the words you've used, the things you've spoken into existence.

So what are you waiting for? You know you can't be silent. Choose your words and use them wisely. God bless you as you change your world, and the worlds around you.

Obligatory Happy New Year's Post :D

Happy New Year!!

Wow, guys. We made it. It's 2017.

Which means that NAYC'17 is happening this year. YAY.

And I'm also turning 20 this year. WHOA.

And I'm gonna get done with my BA this year. FINALLY!!!

It's gonna be a busy, probably insanely crazy year. One thing you can always count on, it's not gonna be exactly like you expected it to be. There's gonna be ups and downs, you're probably not gonna keep all of your New Year's Resolutions (If you do, props to ya, man, I wanna be more like you), you're gonna have some great times and you're gonna have some low times, some crazy times and some chill times, and then those random periods of not quite insane but not quite chill either.

So, you know. Life.

Going into this year, my resolution is to just be better than I was last year. Be better than I was yesterday. Be better than I was an hour ago. I know, not a super specific goal, but it's easier to just shoot for making it off the ground instead of going for the moon all at once. Once we get off the ground, then we'll shoot for making it to the clouds, then outta the atmosphere, then to the moon, then to the stars. That's my philosophy, anyways.

So, happy new year, guys. Hope yours is awesome. Go out there and make it awesome, don't just talk about it and dream about it, go out and build. Make it happen. If stuff doesn't happen like you wanted it to, adapt. Change. Pick up your chin and keep going. Make a new plan. Don't just survive. Thrive. I know you can. I believe in you. :)

God bless ya!!

--Sonya :) <3