“If sticks and stones were the real problem - not the words…
Why do we need thicker skin? — Scott M.
The first text — 5:14 AM.
“I talked a jumper off a balcony this morning. Young husband, father of three…kept saying he didn’t want his sons to know and he shouldn’t have issues like this.”
“I shouldn’t have issues like this.”
Perception. Comparison. Judgement.
Three words created a sentence with consequences.
Turning Points Begin-And End-With Words.
The second text arrived four hours later.
“Forgot to tell you. I used your story to get him down.”
My first words?
“What if I hadn’t shared my story, does that guy make it home?”
Conversations end. Words don’t.
Neither do “What If’s…"
What answers your, “What if’s…?”➔
Why Words?
Words are the first thing we think of.
But the last thing we think about.
One sentence nearly cost a young woman’s life.
Her story saved mine. ➔A sentence built a brand — from the feet up. ➔
A final sentence endured 2,000 years - we still talk about it.
It’s not, ‘It is what it is.’
It’s What Words Decide It is.
Assumptions. Beliefs. Perceptions.
Making decisions at home and work — at the speed of words.
The real question—
Whose words are you using?
What if…
We’re imperfect people
building imperfect sentences?
Carrying a word or sentence someone else said that that you still tell yourself? Did it change your direction?
Positive or negative, leave it here. Always anonymous. ➔
See what others carry.➔
This Weeks RE|vision? A Mermaid, Sea-Witch, and AI Walk into a Bar.➜
Last week RE|vision? The Trillion Dollar Price Tag.➜
Up Next? GPS, Sheep, and Sleep.
More about WORDlabs and me?➔
“This made me feel less alone, and easier to share something that has a hold on me.”