The word of the day is, "Words" so I took this photo of an open book. Books are usually full of lots of words and I decided to look for some quotes depicting the power that words have in our lives.
• "Be mindful when it comes to your words. A string of some that don't mean much to you, may stick with someone else for a lifetime." -Rachel Wolchin
• "Words are free. It's how you use them that may cost you." -KushandWizdom
• "One kind word can change someone's entire day." -Unknown
• "Be careful what you say. You can say something hurtful in ten seconds, but ten years later, the wounds are still there." -Joel Osteen
Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen. - Ephesians 4:29
• "Words are seeds that do more than blow around.
They land in our hearts and not the ground.
Be careful what you plant and careful what you say.
You might have to eat what you planted one day." -Unknown
• "A broken bone can heal, but the wound a word opens can fester forever." -Jessamyn West
• "Your words have power. Speak words that are kind, loving, positive, uplifting, encouraging, and life-giving." -Unknown
• "We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out." - Winston Churchill
• With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse human beings, who have been made in God’s likeness. - James 3:9
100% Exquisite, Skip! I wondered how you were going to make a selection when you might have gone on forever!!! Right off, the first quite resonated with me! A teacher in middle school confiscated a note I was passing to a friend and read it aloud to the class; I was humiliated! As he came back to return it to me, he said, close to my ear, "Never put into writing what you don't want the whole world to read." Clearly I've never forgotten that, but it demolished my ability to keep a journal for years. As I began to write letters (and email), I spoke of them as being "a page from my journal" that I'd send out into the world. Today, I LOVE to write, but that teacher, likely without realizing it, demolished a young soul that might have become a prolific writer at an earlier age!
@Weezilou - It does make you wonder how many people's lives might have gone in a completely different direction had someone not said something that discouraged them from fulfilling a dream.
