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Words

Sticks and stones may break my bones

but words will never hurt me.

I don’t know who first came up with that little rhyme, but I’d like to pull them aside and tell them that they are full of baloney.

I’ve been hurt in many different ways, by many different people, over the years. And the wounds that words leave behind are, by far, the worst kind.

Your body heals and bruises fade, for the most part. But negative words will echo on through your head for years to come.

It’s hard for me not to strike out with words when I’m angry. It’s hard not to cut someone down with negativeness. Sadly, I think it’s harder yet when you know the person. When you know what someone’s insecurities and vulnerable areas are, it makes it that much easier to hurt them.

Being mindful of my words is something that I’m still working on. And it’s something that I am struggling to teach my children to do, too.

LINKAGE

This post is linked up to Just Write at the Extraordinary Ordinary.

This week, it is also linked up to the 5 for 5 at Momalom

And last, but far from least, I have a post up at Band Back Together today, about my daughter and her Anger Beast.

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  • http://hersuburbanlife.blogspot.com/ M K Countryman

    Being mindful of words is something I am working on also.  This is a great reminder.

  • http://beyondstrangenewwords.blogspot.in/ Pepca

    Absolutely, words can hurt people in the worst way and yes, it is the easiest to hurt those closest to you. We do need to be careful with words, especially when we are angry. 

  • http://laurierunslife.com/ Laurie

    That is so true. Words usually hurt more than any physical hurt and it’s hard to get negative echoes to leave us alone.

  • Adrienne Scanlon

    I agree. Words haunt me. I try to chase them, but man…it’s not easy. 

  • http://twitter.com/HeatherCaliri Heather Caliri

    Oh, I’ve been working on serving up my words without the generous helping of anger. It’s like sitting on my own head its so hard. But I need to be bigger than my own impulses, yes? Just like I’m asking of my children all the time?

  • Jennifer Grow

    I think for me, being a parent, HEARING my own words so frequently helps me to be careful choosing what they are. (Most of the time!) I don’t want my kids to be misunderstood, or to learn that they can use words to hurt. It’s just as important as teaching them not to hit, bite, etc.

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