SECULAR SPECULATIONS - 495

"watch your words,

for they give birth to actions..!

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Have you fallen in love?

(Ah, it's one unique fall, when you - with no trauma -

are not rushed to the City Hospital's E.R.!)

Do you fall in love?

In that fall, are you filled with tears of joy?

If so, those tears are a volume of your prosaic emotions - that written texts can't express.

Indeed, they are words your bewitched heart can't utter.

Here is a tribute to WORDS:

"I have always had a special love for words.

Words have such power in them.

The right words can uplift, inspire, heal,

and create endless joy and love in our lives.

The wrong words can depress, discourage,

hurt, and bring us endless misery and pain.

It is so very important then to try and choose the right words in our lives.

By choosing the right words I don't just mean saying the right words or writing the

right words either.

I also mean thinking the right words.

It is amazing the garbage that so many of us allow ourselves to think each

and everyday of our lives.

In order to live a truly blessed life we must haul away the garbage

and start to plant words that will grow into a garden of joy and light

in our minds.

Start today then to make the words in your life work for

you and not against you.

Do away with "can't" and "no". Try "can" and "yes" instead.

Say, " I can be happy, I can choose joy, and I can share love."

Say, "Yes" to life, to learning, and to growth.

Begin to use words like: Wonderful, Beautiful, and Delightful when you speak to others.

Find a word of praise for everyone you know and then share it with them.

Look the people you love straight in the eye and tell them, "I love you."

Seek our every fantastic, fabulous, and glorious word that you can and start to use

them in your life.

Words are such simple things and yet they have the power to change our

lives forever if we use them right.

Make the choice everyday of your life to use all of the good, positive,

and loving words you can every second that you can.

If you do this you will find that your life will become a paradise of love and joy,

that other people will become your brothers and sisters in happiness,

and that God's goodness will shine through every word you use...."

(FOOD FOR THOUGHT - AUTHOR UNKNOWN)

“Watch your thoughts, for they become words.

Watch your words, for they become actions.

Watch your actions, for they become habits.

Watch your habits, for they become character.

Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.”

PEACE.

GITANJALI - BERNARD