Be careful what you say. We take the miracle of speaking, talking, listening, and having conversations for granted. We often talk about things with really no meaning, that we will not remember an hour after the conversation. I think this is because we (humans) do not do well with silence. We are created to grow, expand, create and re-create, which all require conversations and sharing our knowledge with others. However, knowledge requires experience, doing things that others are not doing, and telling them about the benefits of (it), as well as the warnings of what not to do. This is where the growth in life is, but we also do not know how to handle rejection well (obviously, that’s why we have global and local wars), so we avoid the real conversations and talk about what we had for lunch.
With that being said, because we do not practice emotional speaking often enough, we lack words in our personal vocabularies. Because we don’t have the right word to use, we often throw in any word that comes close.
Example. The other day I was working and heard a mother say to her child, “Shame on you”. Personally I enjoy learning about the “Power” and origin of words, how to use them and the effects (if you will) they have on us and everyone around us. This is why some words we still avoid saying even in the creepiest of our media, some words even our most vulgar humans often refrain from their use.
Recently I watched a few videos on the word “shame”. A simple word, easy to say and doesn’t have a “dagger to the chest” kind of feeling. However, the effects are terrible. Shame is a feeling of lasting internal guilt and unforgiveness. It’s a “curse” word that fell off the books generationally. So it lost its audience but not its power. We either speak life or we speak death, there is no 50/50 nor 60/40, each word has its own power and can become more or less powerful with other words, but it still has its own effects.
So when I heard this 40’s something mother speak to her young child and case shame on him, I felt a moments sorrow for the situation. This is part of the battle my friends, think about what you say and control what you are thinking. Life, or death. What you put out comes back to you. What do you want back?
Peace and Blessings.
