Posts tagged ‘WORDS’
THE POWER OF THOUGHT
Keep your thoughts positive, because your thoughts become your words.
Keep your words positive, because your words become your behavior.
Keep your behavior positive, because your behavior becomes your habits.
Keep your habits positive, because your habits become your values.
Keep your values positive, because your values become your destiny.
– Mahatma Gandhi
AN ORAL CONTRACT ISN’T WORTH THE PAPER
IT’S WRITTEN ON.
I forgot.
IF YOU TELL A CHILD
everyday from the moment he is born,
at least a hundred times a day,
how MUCH you love him.
And he gets TOO MANY cuddles and kisses.
Then maybe, just maybe,
he will be ready for first grade.
But, you won’t be.
NECESSARY CHANGES
You cannot change another person. They have to do that for themselves.
You can only change how you react to them. Sometimes you have to react in a drastic manner.
So, it is important to distinguish between lonely people and toxic people:
Lonely people, well, you just have to guard your time.
Toxic people require you to guard your heart, your mind, your money and sometimes even your soul.
These people do not wish you well. Just. That. Simple. They do not wish the ones you love well. They do not care about the things you care about.
They are poison. Would you keep going back to a poisoned well just because you are thirsty? No. You have to remove yourself from the situation or remove them from your life.
Sound simple? It’s not. This person could be your oldest friend, your neighbor, your boss or even a relative.
I know I am always preaching about the Power of Words.
But in this case words are cheap. Filter out the words and focus on their behavior. Ignore what they promise to do or say that they already did. Just focus on what they actually do.
Learn to protect yourself.
Making this kind of change will be the hardest thing that you have ever done. You may feel sad or guilty or like there is a vacuum where that person and that situation used to be. You may feel like you are the one being punished.
Be strong.
When you remove the bad from your life you make room for something wonderful to take it’s place.
GIVE ME A GEEK ANY DAY!
I just got off the phone with someone who calls someone I love a geek.
For this person geek=nerd, not unlike a previous generation where geek=freak.
Same kind of tone.
SO ignorant!
I have lived with and loved a geek forever. We had mini-geeks. (You know, the kind who are popular AND excel at school!)
Most of our friends and co-workers are geeks. And if they’re not, well, bless their hearts…
So here, dumbass, is what “geek” means to me:
Smart
Cool
Funny
Adorable
Good-looking
Successful
Sexy
Fun
Feel free to add your own adjectives. I think I’ve said enough.
BLOGGING-THE POWER OF WORDS
I am so passionate about blogs and I believe so much in the potential of blogging that I wasn’t sure I would be able to accurately articulate what I really wanted to say. I worried about sounding silly or naive. Well-no guts, no glory. Here goes:
Each of us has a voice but sometimes that voice is just a whisper. Blogging amplifies.
Think of a world of citizen-journalists. Think of everyone communicating and connecting. We begin to understand each other. Our commonalities will eliminate xenophobia. What divides us becomes less important than what connects us. We become more humanistic.
Suddenly the world becomes a much smaller place.
Think of a moment of bravery. A click of a cell phone camera. Posting from that phone to a blog. A matter of seconds, a deep breath. Your identity is shielded. It’s like having secret super powers. You are not exposed but because of you, and others like you, there will be no more iron curtains, bamboo curtains and barbed-wire borders. Hell, there won’t be any more glass ceilings.
The world becomes a much safer place.
Blogging is a conversation. People find each other and form groups and communities. These begin to overlap. We begin to think globally. Differences dissolve. Bloggers form social networks. Lost friends and even families are reconnected. You realize that you are not alone. There are other people like you out there. There are lots of people like you out there! You find your peers, your tribe.
The world becomes a friendlier place.
We should spend our money on spreading the internet instead of spreading war. The most remote village should have internet connection, a computer and a way to communicate with the outside world. This should be the new gathering place, the new lodge or campfire. The whole village should be invested and understand what it represents. Information is power. Knowledge is empowering. Words are so very powerful. The more wired we are, the less isolated people are. We can begin to stop genocide, suicide, poaching, hacking of rain forests, polluting, slave traders, the exploitation of children.
The world becomes more aware, less political and more proactive. We begin to heal.
It costs nothing to set up a WordPress blog. It takes just a few minutes. You can choose to be anonymous. You can create a whole new persona. Or you can actually become the person that you always wanted to be.
You can do a wiki to run a business or to connect people, supplies and first responders during a disaster. We saw this during the 2004 tsunami.
Or you can simply reach out with your words. Words can be weapons. We all remember a negative comment from our childhood that has stayed with us forever since.
But words can also be weapons in a warrior/angel kind of way. They can fight city hall. They can call attention to corruption or government waste. They can hold people accountable for their actions.
Words can soothe a child. Words can heal a broken heart. But they are a double edged sword.
You have a choice to add to the noise and chaos or you can hack away at the ugliness and lies. With blogging you have the ability to reach the truth that shines at the heart of every thing. Try transparency. Throw open the windows and doors and illuminate the dark corners. Be a positive force for change in this world. Hurry! We don’t have much time and there is so much to do.
Be brave. Begin to blog.
The world is waiting.
ADDENDUM- To learn more about blogging anonymously go to Global Voices. http://globalvoicesonline.org/
HOMELAND SECURITY-
(which I believe uses WordPress) needs to have people monitoring Spellcheck around the clock.
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