I Love Words!

Blog #11

     

        I love words!  They are a powerful tool that can be used to educate, inspire, chasten, encourage and counsel.  Words help us clearly express thoughts and emotions. The Proverbs tell us that “Words fitly spoken are like apples of gold in pictures of silver”. I love words: the feelings and ideas behind them, the craft of choosing them and the good fruit that they can bear.  I want to share words with others.  I want to learn to create “apples of gold in pictures of silver”.     

      I love words!  I love their beauty, their power and their potential!  Words truly are powerful! Emily Dickinson wrote, “A word is dead when it is said, some say.  I say it just begins to live that day.”  (This must include written as well as spoken words!)  I want my words to bring joy and hope when they are spoken or written: when they begin to live.

      Besides being a sometimes soupy and sentimental person, I am a logophile!