It’s funny the way the human brain works.
You can hear and receive hundreds of compliments, uplifting and encouraging words throughout your life, but more often than not the words that you remember………… the words that seem to stick with you, are the hurtful ones.
I don’t know if it’s the social-media-crazed, celebrity-gossip-frenzied world we now live in, but I’ve noticed an increase in hurtful words lately. I’ve seen hateful words and comments left on social media channels, and I’ve been kind of shocked at the nonchalant attitude people seem to have about throwing such powerful, menacing words around. I know we Americans like to get up on our freedom of speech soapboxes, but does our freedom really grant us the right to verbally tear someone down?
Words aren’t just words; there’s more to them.
The words you leave on someone’s Facebook page or Instagram feed can be read and seen by many people……….some of those people are grandparents, spouses and children. We live in an age where we are all so righteously entitled to our own opinions, but when our opinion can cause more harm than good is it really worth sharing?
Words spread more quickly these days………they can be like a disease………or they can inspire.
We use our phones to quickly type comments and twitter updates. Maybe it’s the ease of using technology that makes us take less responsibility for the words we share? But the words we type are read by a person……a real living human being. I think most adults are kind enough not to walk up to a person they just met and say something awful to their face, but why then would you write something awful on a person’s social media outlet? It may not seem so but it’s basically the same thing.
I’m not trying to be all holier than thou, I’m not perfect. Though when it comes to words, I do try to choose mine pretty carefully.
I want to use my magic for good.
Well said….