Words do matter. And they can hurt. Just as much as they can cause joy and make a person smile too. If you read a funny joke, do you not laugh? Does it not invoke an emotion deep inside you somewhere?
Words are the most powerful thing we have to soothe and comfort and express love. And they can be used for the opposite purpose to hurt and destroy and belittle a person until there's nothing left.
But for some reason if someone is deeply affected by the negative words someone says about them, they're seen as weak and in need of a thicker skin.
However if someone says something nice about a person, and they're moved by that, no one bats an eye. In fact, if a person isn't affected by words of praise and adoration, they're seen as cold and unfeeling and less of a person.
So what gives huh? Why is it socially acceptable to take positive words to heart, but it's seen as a weakness to take negative ones just as seriously? I'd like to know the answer to that.
I'd like to know why some people in the world feel that it's okay to insult people and attack them, and when they react, they find it amusing that their piddly words actually had an impact.
Of course they had a fucking impact, you moron. That was the whole point. If you didn't think they had an impact, you wouldn't have bothered to say them. If words didn't have an impact, no one would even bother speaking.
So the next time you think it's okay for people to use words as weapons because you think they shouldn't hurt a strong person, think again.
If everyone was supposed to lie down and let every insult and criticism roll off their back like it didn't matter one iota, we'd all be robots.
Words have the power to heal or destroy. That's just a simple fact. And if you stop caring about the negative things you hear, then you have to stop caring about the positive too. If you start believing that nothing anyone says can touch you, then you cease to be a person at all.
There is not a damn thing wrong with letting words affect you. That's what they're designed to do. And if you're a person who uses words to destroy people, you only do that because you are no longer human.
You simply don't care what you say because you think everyone should be like you. An empty shell of a thing with no emotions.
It must suck to be that person. I'm glad I'll never know what that's like. I'd much rather be a person who is capable of feeling things. And I'd much rather spend my time with other human beings who are capable of feeling things.
Sticks and stones may break your bones....but bones heal. Words can destroy a persons spirit. You can't put a cast on that type of wound. And worse yet, no can see the injuries either. So to them, they don't exist. And to some, they don't care that they exist.
That's all I have to say about that. It's just something that's been bothering me lately. And since this is my fucking blog, I'll use my own words to say whatever the fuck I feel like saying.
The End.
