What if We Had a War and Nobody Came?

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Dear Folks,

"Sticks and stones may break our bones, but words can heal us."

—Sobya Tunsleu

A change from what we heard as a child isn't it?

"We use ‘softeners' in our language," Tony Robbins said at a seminar.  We use euphemisms. For example, we write "the F-word" because we don't want to say it or write it.

Presently, in essays, commentaries, and media talks, we have used the word 'Pedophile' so much that it has lost its power. If we described what a pedophile did to young girls and boys, we would be shocked and perhaps up in arms.

No one dares write that, for they would be censored, or labeled as containing adult language, or they would fear reprisal in many ways.

I have noticed a curious phenomenon.

When I was into my political rantings, I got more readers.

Anger has power.

What about healing words?

What are they?

For while I felt that talking happy talk was frivolous when so much unhappiness and control existed in the world. I thought I was giving the message that I didn't care. I feared I would be ignoring the situation.

I do care.

In the '60s we were confronted with this message:

"What if We Had a War and Nobody Came?"

Could that principle be applied to the hype we are experiencing now—hype which makes us afraid, causes worry, and keeps us off kilter? You know, creating fearful people makes it easier to control them.

Don't go there.

We seem more complacent now than in times past. Have we lost spirit? Do we feel we have no power? Do we feel railroaded, and thus, we have shut down?

Somebody said long ago, "Without vision the people perish." (Proverbs 29:18) It's hard to have fun with the heavy blanket of fear draped over us like a shroud.

Isn't that their intent?

And we are falling for it.

What if many of those attention-grabbing sites weren't visited? (Is that what I am doing? No. I’m offering thoughts you can take them or leave them. And my frogs sing of good times, not bad.)  Be aware. Businesses must advertise or nobody knows they exist. It's tricky. However, if we really pay attention, we can tell the difference. What if we are more selective? What if we sought out simpatico individuals who uplift us? What if we found people who encouraged us to be better versions of ourselves?

We might begin thinking our own thoughts, instead of those of influencers.  Maybe we would connect to a higher power. Possibly, we could lay aside some of our less attractive tendencies.

It is human nature to enjoy "Talking Trouble."

It takes a stalwart soul to stay out of that trap.

We are stalwart souls!

We are the ones to make a better day.

So, if words can shock us, Sobya Tunsleu is correct when she says that words can heal us.

Let's go that'a way.

Love,

 Jo