Words Matter

An opinion and views on being outspoken Berterus terang/ber·te·rus te·rang/ v mengaku (mengatakan) secara jujur sesuai dengan keadaan yang sebenarnya Menyatakan pendapat pribadi, mengutarakan isi hati baik berupa keluhan maupun pujian secara terbuka sepertinya membuat subjek penerimanya menjadi tidak nyaman, setidaknya di negara berkembang ini. Kesan dari kata-kata yang terlontar naked, terlalu menyilaukan untuk dapat direspon dengan sepadan. Mungkin ada juga yang terkesima, namun lebih banyak yang tidak terbiasa menanggapi hal tersebut. Bagaimanakah sebaiknya memberitahukan sesuatu agar tersampaikan?

Polarizing narratives — When people say it is not all black and white, they don’t mean it is magenta or peacock blue, they mean one of the limitless combinations of black plus white. Yes, grey. The full palette of grey, is still grey, like that grey area, which of all the worldly possibilities, is never any other color. So when people use it is not all black and white, in an attempt to mellow down extremes, by acknowledging only the extremes of the spectrum, they reinforce them.

In his masterful short story “Games Without End,” Italo Calvino creates two primordial beings, Qfwfq and Pfwfp, who amuse themselves by shooting newborn hydrogen atoms like marbles across the curve of space. They toss these atoms hastily and recklessly, and some of them are inevitably destroyed. It may be all…

“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” — Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. In terms of energy, words are expressed on one hand and received on the other. They hold an energetic frequency charged by our perception and intention…

Words are powerful. They create worlds and move masses of people to action. Words matter. Language is the most important invention that humanity has ever created, and it shapes our thoughts and actions in ways we may not even realize. …

Plus one mistake we often make even with the right words. — Words aren’t neutral. Ephesians 4:29: Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear. Things Christians should never say Some talk is corrupting, unwholesome, destructive to ourselves and others. These are really just…