The Power of Words

I used Grammarly to grammar check this post because my fat fingers can’t keep up with the speed of my wondering mind At one point or another we’ve all heard a quote or saying that touched us deeply. It moved us to change our way of thinking or to possibly step up and finally follow our dreams. On the other hand, we have also been at the brutal end of someone’s tongue lashing that left us feeling less than what we are worth; feeling an idiot, useless, or simply a bad person because of someone’s careless selfish judgments upon us. There is a great deal of POWER in words. However, that power only comes about if these words are said with passion, clarity, and said CORRECTLY! Do you think any of the following quotes would have the same impact if said in slang or if they’d had a great deal of grammatical errors? Instead of Buddha saying “Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment” Would it have the same impact if it had been said as the following: “Don’t be livin’ in da past, don’t dream of da … Continue reading →