Monday December 7 2015  THE POWER OF WORDS

Just a short time to write this evening as it is Movie Night!  Movie night is quite new to me.  We have a friend from church that has been asking us for well over a year to come to his home and enjoy a movie night once a week.  It is not always on the same night of the week.  I have been unable to do so due to my schedule, work, time needed for other tasks, travel, as well as a host of other causes that hampered me.  The movie that we watch must be at least 50 years or older.  We have only attended two such nights so far.  Dave only one of the two.  Well, it looks like I’ll be going alone again this week because Dave has had a pretty rough day in the healing department.  He is feeling the fight going on in his abdomen.  So I plan to attend alone this week.  I actually look forward to it.  We are currently watching movies starring Jean Arthur.  At least I think that is the actress’s last name.  I must leave in 15 minutes.

So I’ll just talk about a couple of words today.  The first word is DIFFERENT.  It is a word someone used to describe me.  I emailed back and told her I didn’t feel any different from other people.  I’m just me and feel very normal.  So she writes back and uses the word UNIQUE to describe me.  After looking both definitions up in the Thesaurus I decided I rather liked the UNIQUE definition.  What I have figured out is that each individual person have their own meanings of certain words.  “Different” I thought of as maybe nerdy or weird or unacceptable among the crowd.  Actually Different means: “dissimilar, diverse, unalike, changed, altered, and not the same”.  Okay, after reading the synonyms I deduced it was okay to be any of those.  Not a big deal.  Then when I looked up the synonyms of “Unique” I even liked it better.  Unique synonyms are: “sole, single, exclusive, exceptional, inimitable, distinctive, matchless, and irreplaceable”.  Well that definition sort of fluffed my feathers a bit, sort of in the good way like a peacock fanning his tail.  If only, any, or all of those were true about me I might just grow a tail like a peacock.  But, I took the description as a compliment.  Who wouldn’t want to be exclusive, exceptional, inimitable, distinctive matchless and irreplaceable?  It wouldn’t even be too bad to be the sole or single one of a kind either.  Then I really would be DIFFERENT!  Thank you VFM for your kind words.  I think I now understand what you mean. 

I believe that UNIQUE would be a word in which we could describe most people.  Everyone has that special something that makes them, them.  Even identical twins are unique from each other regardless how identical they may appear on the outside.  I give credit to God for giving each of us our own special uniqueness, one of a kind stature.  Just remember how powerful your words are to those who hear them.  And it doesn’t have to be words describing them.  The things we say often leave deep impressions on others that can help change their lives for the better.  And sometimes do more damage than we ever thought imaginable.  Especially when spoken to children.  I just remembered a poem I wrote in the past about words.  I must leave very soon so my poem from the past will replace the poem I usually take time to write each evening.

 

Be Careful Little Mouth What You Say

By Kathleen Martens

April 12, 2013

 

Never under estimate

The ears of little ones,

Never assume they do not listen

While playing and having fun.

 

Children are like sponges

Absorbing all that is around,

Your words may someday haunt you

Returning with swift rebound.

 

Never speak in a room

About little one who’s there,

Though seemingly disinterested

Their hearts do really care.

 

Use your words carefully

And give praise where praise is due.

Make your comments positive,

Expectations are carried through.

 

Do not plant negative thoughts

About what they’ve already done.

Rather speak of all the good

Of your little ones.

 

Positive expectations

Go far in creating goals.

Set the minds on what is good

In those happy impressionable souls.

 

Say with love what you expect.

Speak of their hopes and plans

With encouragement and guidance,

Rather than behavior ban.

 

Children do what you do,

The words you say they believe.

Give them positive words of wisdom

And help them truth to see.

 

They are an example

Of the walk you walk.

And their mouths will speak

Of the talk you talk.

 

This is just a short blog but I wanted to leave you with some of my words.  I hope you enjoy the poem and take it to heart.

Good night and God bless you!

P.S.  IF ANYONE EVER TELLS YOU THAT YOU ARE DIFFERENT OR UNIQUE, TAKE IT AS A COMPLIMENT!