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I have had this post, about the power of words, floating in my mind for a few days .It got me into pondering about how we internalize them and personalize their meaning. This will be a humble effort on my side to define how I feel about this topic.

Ok! Here we go:

In an average day we may use as many as 20,000- 30,000 words, the equivalent of four to five hours of continuous speech. (Yes! I did manage to do little bit of a research). You don't have to work with words for a living to know that power is distributed unevenly to words and phrases. Even the person who is saying the “Word” might not really mean it, but if the word is powerful, the meaning might get into the wrong connotation. It is amazing the power that words have, a few words can lift you up or bring u down … they can make you smile, make you sad, make you laugh or may you cry.

Words are important, VERY VERY important I would say. Words have been important in human society for the longest time imaginable. In fact, it is impossible to think of the history of the World without the notion of words. We use words to express our experiences, to represent knowledge, to communicate, and to impress and influence people. The power of words has been well established in every civilization that human society has seen. We are taught from early childhood to use appropriate words for different contexts. The quest for increasing effectiveness of the words used in our expression never ends. The whole fight in the long Hindu epic, Mahabart and Ramayana started with a misuse of a word. The war started by an ugly remark uttered by Draupadi, the wife of prince udhistir to Duryodhan, the son of Dhritarashtra. Like-wise, the ugly remark to Rawan made by queen Sita led to a war.(Again! this is my analogy and please feel free to disagree).

Search engines are now telling us to forget the language and the notion of sentence – just consider a bag of words. I totally disagree with this. Words are just so powerful and we cannot just categorize it as a “bag” of words. I think we should always try to be aware of what we say, I know I personally slip up sometimes and just blurt out stuff that I shouldn’t have, but I would like to think that most of the time I think before I say something.

We use these words with much ease and usually little self-conscious thought. We simply open our mouths, and out they come. Out they come like rushing water out from a dam. Sometimes we rattle words without even knowing the actual meaning. This is a very bad excuse. Some just blame their habit and they do not even bother to correct it.

With our words we express our beliefs, and ourselves while at the same time imparting some affect on those we are speaking to, and they, vice-versa to us. It is this very influence that our words have that truly gives them their power. We all, at times overlook the far-reaching strength of our words, but this ignorance makes us no less susceptible to their power.

Ultimately, we all hold the power of words within ourselves. It is important to master words routinely and with dedication. Whatever powers we give them, and however they may influence us, they are things of our own creation. With this knowledge we are charged with a great responsibility. Words reflect and give wings to everything that is inside of us, and for good or for bad, they can express what we truly are as nothing else can. Our society also tends to judge people by the way they talk and how their family raised them. The good "talk" will you a positive mark and might also label you as a "sophisticated" person. Yes, it is unfair to judge people based on the way they talk, but like it or not, this is how our society works. Euphemism is also another good way to take control of the words. It really makes a big difference, if you say some one “ passed away,” rather than some one “died.”

The bottom-line here in to use the word correctly. One thing to remember: Whatever you say please make an effort to think rather than just bluntly pouring your thought.

This is my potryal of the power, the power of words.

World cup news:

Brazil won!

I will root for Spain for the next FRANCE Vs Spain game.