Words--What Do You Do With Them?

Word Power

On the wind, words go

to hurt or to harm

never-ending when they hit

their mark

like dominoes touching--taking everything

flat down

or like beautiful blocks building

everything up.

Choose carefully those words

sent out 

carrying the worst or the best

for humanity.

                                               -Roberta 2019

 Let Us Oft Speak Kind Words 

1. Let us oft speak kind words to each other

At home or where’er we may be;

Like the warblings of birds on the heather,

The tones will be welcome and free.

They’ll gladden the heart that’s repining,

Give courage and hope from above,

And where the dark clouds hide the shining,

Let in the bright sunlight of love.

(Chorus)

Oh, the kind words we give shall in memory live

And sunshine forever impart.

Let us oft speak kind words to each other;

Kind words are sweet tones of the heart.

2. Like the sunbeams of morn on the mountains,

The soul they awake to good cheer;

Like the murmur of cool, pleasant fountains,

They fall in sweet cadences near.

Let’s oft, then, in kindly toned voices,

Our mutual friendship renew,

Till heart meets with heart and rejoices

In friendship that ever is true.

Text: Joseph L. Townsend, 1849-1942

Music: Ebenezer Beesley, 1840-1906

Challenge for the week:

Make your own collage of good words to use that bring happiness to others.

HINT:  Type in "word collage generator" in your search engine and choose a free way to put your own words into a work of art like the example above.

Remember, you are one person with the power of words.  The bad words cannot take over when we continually send out our drops of good words into the world.