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Word

“The man in the street must become a man of the universe.”

“Words in the absence of action or wisdom are empty and hollow.”

“There are true words, false words, and words that hurt. ”

“The arrow and the word once shot cannot go back.”

“Books, paths, and days lead man to experience and wisdom.”

“A word that comes from the heart and is aimed at the heart of another has a marvelous effect, since the listener will understand, absorb, and feel their truth; the message will be without any manipulation or lies, only a message from heart to heart.”

Since time immemorial, the word, both spoken and written, has been considered sacred. The ancient natives from North America, as an example, attached a lot of importance to a promise, their honor depended on it; it wasn’t necessary to sign a paper to seal a deal, only their word was enough.

Currently, human beings have lost their honor, respect, and basic values, so “promises” do not exist, it is merely noise. We have all heard “words that are carried away by the wind”; we humans seem to be marionettes going from one side to the other, we promise everything and fulfil nothing.

We human beings have forgotten that with the strength of the word and thought, wars have been spared and many others waged. The vast majority of the time, we speak just to speak, unsubstantial dialogue without meaning, purely noise, and it is a shame since the word is a precious and very powerful tool. Using the spoken or written word, we express our thoughts, reflections, feelings; we compare our most profound desires, we can express what we want and what we don’t want. We must become aware of the power of our thoughts and transmit them using our words.

The word is a very powerful energy that makes our thoughts into a reality by verbalizing it or writing it down; we must be respectful with our words and our thoughts since they are arrows that have been shot, and once they were shot they cannot go back nor can they be erased. We can make others happy or even do them harm. Aggression starts with our thoughts and words.

We must learn to let it flow, to accept the situations that come into our lives day after day, to not put up walls or close doors, only walk and be aware of our behavior, trying to do the right thing and changing our attitude to a more positive one.

Promises made must be fulfilled or undone. Words are powerful energies that project a load of positive or negative energy; before speaking, we must observe, be honest, and be vigilant with our thoughts, and reflect if we are capable or not capable of complying with what we have said.

As we walk and learn the lessons of life, we accept that things happen, we become calm, and our life becomes lighter since our thoughts, words, and attitudes become sweeter. A promise made with love, even if to scold or get someone’s attention, has a greater effect than a word said aggressively; the aggression that we feel inside is shot like a poisoned arrow through our words causing a lot of unneeded pain. The effect of the former will be one of reflection to what one has said and the effect of the latter will be fear. When we feel fear, we cannot reflect or think correctly, we are paralyzed. Often it is pride that is speaking.

Before shooting words full of resentment, disappointment, frustration, fury, or anger, we must stop, be calm, breathe, breathe… and feel that emotion, look inside ourselves and understand that it is useless to cause pain; we won’t feel better after shooting insults. Then, when we are calm, blame will come on the scene in order to mortify us, but you can’t go back and take back what was said.

The word is what allows us to express our knowledge, wisdom, reflections, thoughts, investigations…, millions of people have expressed and continue to express their thoughts in books, workshops, at conferences… in order to share with others their ideas, feelings, discoveries, and views in any field and thus help humanity and themselves and to evolve and grow, making our lives better, so we can dance this never-ending dance that is LIFE, looking for solutions instead of creating problems.

There is a lot of work to do, and if we help new generations by providing them with the necessary tools, such as letting their creativity take its course, their free expression, their decisions with respect towards themselves and others, lightening their load regarding traditions, creeds, ways of thinking…, these new generations will be able to create new areas of development in developed and undeveloped countries with new governments whose objective is to improve the way of life of its people, city, nation… in liberty, respect, and dignity, thus creating greater well-being for humanity and the planet.

The written and spoken word is the most beautiful method that we humans have and it allows us to create the poetry of music, which is the most sublime way to express LOVE and touch the heart of all living beings on the planet; it also helps us to change attitudes, to relax, to grow, to accept other ways of thinking, and share a part of ourselves with others.

With our thoughts, we create our life using the decisions we make and the decisions we don’t make, sometimes creating peace and harmony if our thoughts are balanced or suffering and chaos if they are not.

Sometimes, while we read a book, a phrase moves us to the very core of our being, it makes us reflect and it teaches us, guides us to new thoughts and these thoughts to other more sublime thoughts; they are links that connect us to others, like a never-ending spiral. Thus, step-by-step, we learn how to go deeper into ourselves and develop empathy in knowing ourselves and others better.

“The essential thing about a man is WHAT HE THINKS and HOW HE THINKS, and not what he does or suffers through.”

Einstein

“If our words are not in line with our behavior, if they are not full of wisdom and are not in one’s actions, they will be empty and will say nothing, the message will not pass on and they will be lost in oblivion.”