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Knowledge
Section
Power&nbs=
p;
of Words......
"By
swallowing evil words unsaid, no one has ever harmed his stomach.&quo=
t;
Sir Winston Churchill
There once
was a little boy who had a bad temper. His father gave him a bag of n=
ails
and told him that every time he lost his temper, he must hammer a nail
into the fence. The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fe=
nce.
Over the next few weeks as he learned to control his anger, the numbe=
r of
nails hammered daily, gradually dwindled down. He discovered it was
easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence. <=
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Finally the day came when the boy didn't l=
ose
his temper at all. He told his father about it and the father suggest=
ed
that the boy now pull out one nail for each day that he was able to h=
old
his temper. The days passed and the young boy was finally able to tell
his father that all the nails were gone.
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The father
took his son by the hand and led him to the fence. He said "you =
have
done well, my son, but look at the holes in the fence. The fence will
never be the same. When you say things in anger, they leave a scar ju=
st
like this one." You can put a knife in a man and draw it out. It
won't matter how many times you say I'm sorry, the wound is still the=
re.
Make sure you control your temper the next time you are tempted to say
something you will regret later.
Our tongue, and the words that come from it, has
incredible power. Words have the power to hurt or to heal, to tear do=
wn
or build up, and to curse or comfort. Take a pledge to replace words =
that
hurt with words that encourage, engage and enrich. Whether within our=
own
thoughts, spoken or written, words have the power to transform the wo=
rld
we live in.
Love, laughter, heroism, friendship, and virtual=
ly
every emotion we feel as human beings can be inspired by words.
Unfortunately, fear, anger, and hatred, can also be invoked by words.=
Its
words that make us feel good or bad but language is at its best when =
used
to inspire others to find the best in themselves. The language we use=
to
communicate with one another is like a knife. In the hands of a caref=
ul
and skilled surgeon, a knife can work to do great good. But in the ha=
nds
of a careless or ignorant person, a knife can cause great harm. Exact=
ly
as it is with our words. We can create the energy to turn a person=
217;s
dreams into reality by knowing to use the appropriate words at the ri=
ght
time.
"Whatever words we utter should be chosen with ca=
re,
for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or
evil."
Siddhartha Gautama or Buddha (563-483 B.C.)
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