"Words are events, they do things, change things."
Ursula K. Le Guin
A loving word can save a person from emotional death, while a careless word can break a heart. A printed word can trigger a life changing experience, either in a detrimental way or in an enhanced realization. Words have the power to elevate our spirit or to disassemble a life's dream.
The absence of the spoken word can create a suffocating silence or a sense of being invisible. Retreat within leads down hallways of darkness in search of light. There is time to sort through advice, memories and reprimands.
Affirmations float into consciousness, bringing a minuscule stirring of hope. Sifting through passages and deciphering desire from mandate, the craving to articulate expands. Creative words begin to flow onto paper, into music, and the painter's canvas. The new words may never be spoken, but they originate in the heart and are filled with compassion.
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