"Sticks and stones may break my bones
but words will never hurt me." Um, someone got that all wrong. And shamelessly kept the wrongness alive for generations. Words can hurt, help and everything in between. In commerce, they're often used to manipulate a purchase. In anger, they're often used to attack or defend. In love, they're often lost... and replaced with action. That's the best and highest use of words, when they graduate into vital verbs. Deeds that actually mend bones. Work makes water wetter.
It makes your bed give you its deepest rest. Work... the kind that requires movement and effort and occasional grunting... that kind of work stocks your soul's warehouse. Have you ever noticed how sweating makes your noticings more succulent? Full and ready to burst itself all over a page or screen. Get nitty-gritty stinky-dirty for a change. Leave your sanitized desk and filtered air. Stop clicking keys and mice. Work up a funk so you can write with muscle. This feat is done by knowing
who's agenda is on your plate, your pillow, your paycheck, your promises. Who's orders are you carrying out? It's a terribly inconvenient question to ask and answer. But it is how reign is made. Walls. They don't cave, but sometimes WE do. Our inner _____ collapses from the weight of outer _____. So we must ask the Architect: "Exactly how much pressure is the structure of my life designed to withstand? Am I in need of upgrades, reinforcements, maybe a complete gutting?" Oh, wait. What's that? I am the Architect? Yes. I am the Architect. And fore(wo)man. It's up to me to speak and write accordingly. Your pen is a hammer. Build. |
The question "How are you?" is PROFOUND. But it has been watered-down to a synonym for "Hello." Forced or fake auto-responses of obligated okay-ness are expected. (And if you are going through something tragic, it really doesn't matter! Every social encounter OPENS with this well-established Ritual of Insincerity.) The question "How are you?" prompts an answer that begins with "I AM _____________." This means many times each day, you are invited to SPEAK THE MOST POWERFUL STATEMENT that can be spoken of yourself. And the socially-expected thing to do, is be QUICK + SLICK with your answer. For a change... TAKE YOUR TIME, and tell your truth. ✍🏾 |