Words are ambidextrous

It was a close race for student council president in high school.

The candidates had one last chance to sway votes and it was at an assembly that afternoon.  Each would have ten minutes to persuade the listeners that they were the best choice.

I was in the audience.

The first one made an uneventful speech and sat down.  The second one began his speech with ‘Would everyone please stand up?’

Everyone stood up.

“Now would you sit back down?”

Everyone sat back down.  The auditorium was filled with laughter at this sudden up and down for no apparent reason.

“I have just demonstrated the power my words have … I had the power to make several hundred people do what I wanted just by speaking. You need a student council president with this kind of power.”

He won.

Our words are either airborne physicians or airborne assassins.  What comes out of your mouth can defile, corrupt, tarnish, despoil, sully and taint you. Or your words can heal, restore, rebuild, cure, mend and repair you.

Pray that our hearts give birth to words of light daily, that encircle us always in a constant verbal halo.

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