nice blog molly ... and words certainly can hurt .. thanks for sharing this

Nicely done. Words can drive us in many ways, good and bad. Also the lack of words is very telling. Not bothering to reply or answer, indifference - the lack of words is just as bad. 

You a great job with piece, molly. 

40 minutes ago, Mikiesboy said:

nice blog molly ... and words certainly can hurt .. thanks for sharing this

thanks tim 

we were talking about words, and names, and nicknames and the words just literally fell from my fingers

thanks for your help 

40 minutes ago, Reader1810 said:

That was wonderfully brilliant, molly! 

 

 Literally “food for thought” as the saying goes. What you’ve said here is something that needs to be read and digested, so the lessons you are teaching will be savoured slowly and with care. 

 

I love, too, that you included @MacGreg‘s poem, because it’s brilliant, too. One thing, I will say, I don’t just utilize “taste your words before you spit them out” for the sour things in life, but for sweet as well. It’s always good to think before you speak, so you get what you want to say just right. 

thank you Reader!

it's like we all posses a superpower and we need to decide daily if we use it for good or evil

i appreciate your support

1 minute ago, MichaelS36 said:

Nicely done. Words can drive us in many ways, good and bad. Also the lack of words is very telling. Not bothering to reply or answer, indifference - the lack of words is just as bad. 

 

You a great job with piece, molly. 

thank you Sir

yes, the lack of words, silence, is very telling

indifference is also hurtful

thank you for your support and joining the conversation

Words hold great weight. Our main instrument to communicate. The most powerful things in life. They symbolize just about everything. From feelings, acceptance, rejection. You did a beautiful job molly. Very thought provoking. Often words are taken for granted.

Tone, and inflection are just as important as the words themselves. I have friends, that when we're together, you'd think we hated each other, with what we called each other. However, if you listen to how we say what we do, you'd see we were playing around. But, be an outsider, and say the same things, and all bets are off.

From personal experience, whoever said: "Sticks and Stones, may break my bones; but words will never hurt me," lied. I fully agree with what you said, about the power of words, and what MacGreg said about, "Taste your words, before you spit them."

Thank you, molly, for another great blog.

12 minutes ago, BlindAmbition said:

Words hold great weight. Our main instrument to communicate. The most powerful things in life. They symbolize just about everything. From feelings, acceptance, rejection. You did a beautiful job molly. Very thought provoking. Often words are taken for granted.

thank you jp

words indeed are taken for granted far too often

appreciate you joining the conversation 

12 minutes ago, BHopper2 said:

Tone, and inflection are just as important as the words themselves. I have friends, that when we're together, you'd think we hated each other, with what we called each other. However, if you listen to how we say what we do, you'd see we were playing around. But, be an outsider, and say the same things, and all bets are off.

oh A this is true too! i wrote about my sons and the way they love each other.  the words, spoken that way are almost a tribal thing.

may i ask these friends, are they all male?  

14 minutes ago, BHopper2 said:

From personal experience, whoever said: "Sticks and Stones, may break my bones; but words will never hurt me," lied. I fully agree with what you said, about the power of words, and what MacGreg said about, "Taste your words, before you spit them."

 

Thank you, molly, for another great blog.

i agree about "Sticks and Stones" A, i was on the receiving end far too many times in high school

if those boys and girls had known someone like Mac Sir then, i may not have had to hide in the nurses office while i cried

thank you for being part of the conversation, and a good example to all the littles in your life 

11 minutes ago, BHopper2 said:

 

From personal experience, whoever said: "Sticks and Stones, may break my bones; but words will never hurt me," lied. I fully agree with what you said, about the power of words, and what MacGreg said about, "Taste your words, before you spit them."

 

Thank you, molly, for another great blog.

i agree A!. as being on the receiving end of many hurtful words (some said and some ignored)words have hurt more than any bruise, broken bone or wound given to me. i can hear them, like a tape looping, telling me what a horrid and disgusting person i am and that i shouldn't be allowed to live. 

coming back here after being gone, the greatest words i heard was "i was missing you". it gladdens my heart.

great blog and comments!

3 minutes ago, mollyhousemouse said:

oh A this is true too! i wrote about my sons and the way they love each other.  the words, spoken that way are almost a tribal thing.

may i ask these friends, are they all male?  

Yuppers. They are male. LOL.

4 minutes ago, mollyhousemouse said:

i agree about "Sticks and Stones" A, i was on the receiving end far too many times in high school

if those boys and girls had known someone like Mac Sir then, i may not have had to hide in the nurses office while i cried

 

thank you for being part of the conversation, and a good example to all the littles in your life

I so know what you mean.

You speak a great and potent truth here. I could not agree more. 

27 minutes ago, mogwhy said:

i agree A!. as being on the receiving end of many hurtful words (some said and some ignored)words have hurt more than any bruise, broken bone or wound given to me. i can hear them, like a tape looping, telling me what a horrid and disgusting person i am and that i shouldn't be allowed to live. 

 

coming back here after being gone, the greatest words i heard was "i was missing you". it gladdens my heart.

 

great blog and comments!

glad you were feeling better today moggy

thanks for taking the time to join the conversation

2 minutes ago, Parker Owens said:

You speak a great and potent truth here. I could not agree more. 

thanks Parker

i have deep feelings about the way we talk to each other

i appreciate you taking the time to join the conversation!

1 hour ago, Reader1810 said:

Using words for good or evil -  the superpower analogy, molly. 

thanks Reader

but it is like that, isn't it?

each day, each interaction, we have that power and have to make a choice

A great blog, molly, and a really important one. Sometimes, we need to reiterate the potency of words by using words, spoken or written, and you've shared the message here in a very constructive way. I've found some points to consider within your blog, which I'm mulling over.

4 minutes ago, MacGreg said:

A great blog, molly, and a really important one. Sometimes, we need to reiterate the potency of words by using words, spoken or written, and you've shared the message here in a very constructive way. I've found some points to consider within your blog, which I'm mulling over.

thank you Sir

being a catalyst for thought and conversation was my goal with this topic

thank you for being part of the conversation, and again, for letting me use some of Your words

You are so right Molly!

While many times hurtful words are spat out intentionally, a bad thing to be sure, sometimes no hurt was meant. Worse, the intent could have been just the opposite.  I urge everyone who posts to consider how tone might affect the meaning.  This is something that cannot be adequately conveyed in a post or tweet or wherever you happen to be talking. Take, for example, some of Carlos Hazday's characters use the word a******as an affectionate reference. But said differently the same word could incite a riot.

The first time I read Mac's poem, it made me think of something my grandmother used to say. Mac said "taste your words". Gram used to say that, with the addition "you may have to eat them!"