a.b.c.d.e.f.g.h.i.j.k.l.m.n.o.p.q.r.s.t.u.v.w.x.y.z.
5 vowels.
21 consonants.
26 total letters in the English alphabet.
26 little buttons on the keyboard waiting to be pressed!
The sources to create words are limited,
but the combinations of these sources are endless!
but the combinations of these sources are endless!
I know it might sound strange...
...to be fascinated by words...
...but I am...
...and I suppose that I always have been!
To me, words are an art!
Take a minute and think about it. Words are powerful. Not only are they a way of communication, but they are a way to generate emotions in others.
Love Gratitude Joy Passion Excitement Kindness
Hate Envy Sorrow Apathy Fear Shame
For my entire life I have enjoyed writing and reading. For me, writing has been a way to communicate what I cannot verbalize. I started off life being a very shy little girl who did not talk very much. But when I had a newly sharpened pencil squeezed between my tiny fingers, the pages became the listening ears that heard my every written thought. Those pages are still my listening ears to this day. I have many journals and what happens when I reread these entries amazes me: I can feel the precise emotion I felt when I wrote that specific account.
This is why I have also enjoyed reading books and articles. The way that individuals place words and use specific words to express emotions and reactions amazes me. I feel from those words. I relate to the characters. Different authors with their different styles. No one is the same when it comes to word use. Words are incredible! No one can take the same thought or feeling and describe it the same way.
Words are personal, and that is why I love music. Some people listen to music and pay attention to the instrumentals, but that person is not me. I listen to what is being spoken. The added accompaniments add to the feelings the words provoke. Its remarkable to me how well music conveys emotions. Music has been a comfort during those times when words cannot express how I feel. In those instances, I know that someone has already been where I am and knows what to say for me. It is comforting.
I have never truly realized how powerful words can be until I have seen them affect the people closest to me, and those people were not always affected in the best of ways. I have seen my words slash at someone like a razor. I have seen tears slide down a cheek from a letter expressing my love and gratitude for them. I have seen smiles from compliments I give. I have been in conversations where we both receive verbal blows back and forth... Life is a melody of ups and downs and we are never going to write or speak the happiest of words. There will be times of verbal volcanoes where we erupt and scorching words flow and scald the ones we love. And here and now there will be times when the words seen or heard are so blissful to our eyes or ears and we become radiant to the point that the light of our happiness cannot be tied down and shines through us.
Verbal communication is hard for me and always has been. I feel like it is my life long trial. When I am trying to get an important point across it ALWAYS seems to come out wrong. There is a term that fits this problem. People call it: "word vomit" - definition = it gets on everyone but no one knows what the heck it consists of. Despite my oral word vomit problem, I keep trying. It is just so difficult because people always seem to "read" people wrong and take things the wrong way because of "tones". I know I am guilty of getting the wrong vibe because of a tone someone used... it makes everything very confusing. But hey, someday I'll get it right!
Words.
Such beautiful little creations we use every day without realizing their true power.
Words.
Such wondrous art that is emotionally evoking.
Only you can paint your own picture with the words you choose to display or speak, and those words will be remembered by those who see or hear them for forever. Because there is no one like
YOU.
For my entire life I have enjoyed writing and reading. For me, writing has been a way to communicate what I cannot verbalize. I started off life being a very shy little girl who did not talk very much. But when I had a newly sharpened pencil squeezed between my tiny fingers, the pages became the listening ears that heard my every written thought. Those pages are still my listening ears to this day. I have many journals and what happens when I reread these entries amazes me: I can feel the precise emotion I felt when I wrote that specific account.
This is why I have also enjoyed reading books and articles. The way that individuals place words and use specific words to express emotions and reactions amazes me. I feel from those words. I relate to the characters. Different authors with their different styles. No one is the same when it comes to word use. Words are incredible! No one can take the same thought or feeling and describe it the same way.
Words are personal, and that is why I love music. Some people listen to music and pay attention to the instrumentals, but that person is not me. I listen to what is being spoken. The added accompaniments add to the feelings the words provoke. Its remarkable to me how well music conveys emotions. Music has been a comfort during those times when words cannot express how I feel. In those instances, I know that someone has already been where I am and knows what to say for me. It is comforting.
I have never truly realized how powerful words can be until I have seen them affect the people closest to me, and those people were not always affected in the best of ways. I have seen my words slash at someone like a razor. I have seen tears slide down a cheek from a letter expressing my love and gratitude for them. I have seen smiles from compliments I give. I have been in conversations where we both receive verbal blows back and forth... Life is a melody of ups and downs and we are never going to write or speak the happiest of words. There will be times of verbal volcanoes where we erupt and scorching words flow and scald the ones we love. And here and now there will be times when the words seen or heard are so blissful to our eyes or ears and we become radiant to the point that the light of our happiness cannot be tied down and shines through us.
Verbal communication is hard for me and always has been. I feel like it is my life long trial. When I am trying to get an important point across it ALWAYS seems to come out wrong. There is a term that fits this problem. People call it: "word vomit" - definition = it gets on everyone but no one knows what the heck it consists of. Despite my oral word vomit problem, I keep trying. It is just so difficult because people always seem to "read" people wrong and take things the wrong way because of "tones". I know I am guilty of getting the wrong vibe because of a tone someone used... it makes everything very confusing. But hey, someday I'll get it right!
Words.
Such beautiful little creations we use every day without realizing their true power.
Words.
Such wondrous art that is emotionally evoking.
Only you can paint your own picture with the words you choose to display or speak, and those words will be remembered by those who see or hear them for forever. Because there is no one like
YOU.
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