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.