Can Words Positively Or Negatively Affected My Life

What are words? A simple question such as this would in theory demand only a simple answer. Words, however, take such an abundance of forms that creating a truly inclusive definition for the notion of “words” is daunting. In its physical manifestation, a word is little more than air passing over taut tendons, forming sounds which are accented by flicks of the tongue against the teeth and roof of the mouth. These sounds are arranged in patterns that come to be recognized and accepted as words. But are these sounds all that words represent?—certainly not. Words command power. Although the defiant playground motto states that “sticks and stones may break bones, but words can never hurt,”

That was my spiritual life until the day my dad dead. It was a just other day and my dad was in his favorite chair and then the next thing I know he hit the floor. The doctor said that it was a massive heart attack but to a 9 year old my dad is gone because god

In the real world people don't see words as a weapon. Instead we see it as something that is crucial for us to function in society. People don't look at the big picture and see how words really are something that can be dangerous. Zusak writes, “Blood leaked from her nose and licked at her lips. Her eyes had blackened. Cuts had opened up and a series of wounds were rising to the surface of her skin. All from words. Liesel's words” (Zusak, 253). Words are everything to humans. It doesn't matter where you are in the world, words allow you to break down that barrier that's holding you back from connecting to others. Words change lives both positively and negatively. liesel expresses, "I have hated words and i have loved them, and i hope i have made them right” (Zusak, 528). When Liesel wrote this she understood how powerful words were. She knew that a single word can impact many many people. Most people don't think about what they are going to say before they say it. it comes naturally they say what they think. picture this, what if we were able to use words to our advantage like liesel? We can we just have to think. Words are everything, they are most certainly not things that wander out of people’s mouths and have no

Words can affect someone negatively. On the other hand, words can also affect someone positively. Words can encourage or inspire but also can discourage, degrade, or defeat. In the book, The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, words influence the character's thoughts or actions. The author uses words to sum up the Holocaust and impact the reader. Despite being able to be used for evil, words

We use words every day of our life, yet we don’t seem to realize how much power or influence they can really have on us. In the book thief, Markus Zusak uses words to create a sense of comfort and sanity in a time of chaos and war. Words are used to strongly influence people and their decisions. When Liesel learned to read she was more intelligent and had more power to influence; “once words had rendered Liesel useless, but now, when she sat on the floor, with the mayor's wife at her husband’s desk, she felt an innate sense of power” (Zusak 147). In Nazi Germany, Hitler uses words to control the people. This is one way words can be used to hurt people. Liesel and Max both come from broken homes and can’t read. When they learn to read they have power. Liesel didn’t

I as a peasant lived in a very small house with little money to spend, so it was very hard for me to do the right thing sometimes. Their was a man named Martin Luther and he was walking home one day, all of a sudden a huge storm came and a huge lighting bolt came right in front of his feet, so he said to god if you save me then I will become a monk, so he got saved. He said that there are only two ways to go to heaven, one is to believe in Jesus and two was to follow the rules of christianity. So as a peasant I thought these two things were quite easy to fulfill, But one day I was thinking about when I die would I go to heaven, hell or purgatory(waiting room) this was very terrifying to me because as a peasant I knew that I did not fulfill

I did that once. It's hard to wrap our frail minds around the beautiful fact that He mourns with us. He promises to provide for us spiritually. Our treasures and blessings from Him are stored eternally in Heaven where they are untouchable. Jefferson Bethke reminds believers about how much more important eternal blessings are in his book Jesus > Religion. He said "Jesus doesn't promise us worldly success; He promises us Himself. Jesus doesn’t promise us riches; He promises a rich life in Him. Jesus doesn’t promise us riches; he promises a rich life in him. Jesus doesn’t promise us easy lives; he promises to be with us" (Bethke 109). Cultural Christianity has taught that the main idea to become a Christian is to get a ticket to heaven and have a good life on earth. When truthfully the best part about being a Christian is the intimacy you get to experience with the Creator of the Universe. His love for us is not measured by earthly circumstances.

Words are what we use to communicate in our day-to-day life. Without words, we have no real value or purpose in life. Words have the power to bring people together or drive them apart. According to Yehuda Berg, an international speaker and author, “Words are singularly the most powerful force available to humanity. We can choose to use this force constructively with words of encouragement, or destructively using words of despair. Words have energy and power with the ability to help, to heal, to hinder, to hurt, to harm, to humiliate and to humble”

On July 10th, 2015 one of my best friends, Lexi Kretsch died in a car crash on her way back from Mankato. Personally, it was a really hard thing to go through and I would never wish that upon anyone, but it is the circle of life and she is in God’s hands. Lexi and I had played softball together for two years. After she passed away prematurely, it was difficult to play the game that brought us together. Jen Kretsch, Lexi’s mom, then started to contact telling me to play for Lexi and her legacy.The item that helped me the most was the Bible. I would take out passages that would pertain to me for that day and I would feel as if she was talking to me. I learned how to play/live with the hole in my heart. Feeling that emptiness made me start to

I began to accompany my mom when she went to pray for family friends, and also when she would go volunteer at events that took place at our church. I met different people from diverse backgrounds who had gone through different tragedies. Through prayers people who had lost a loved a one, or lost hope in bad situation in life had gained new hope once again. It was a beautiful thing to see others experience. We were all so different, but yet so similar when it came to our faith in God. That same faith has helped maintain a positive mentality, and always look towards the bright side in difficult situations within my communities. That faith has become an important part of who I am today. It has helped me immerse myself into trying new things such as helping people and becoming an involved member within my

Patrick Rothfuss, author of The Names of the Wind, said this about words, “Words are pale shadows of forgotten names. As names have power, words have power. Words can light fires in the minds of men. Words can wring tears from the hardest hearts” (Rothfuss, ch.86). What are words? Words are powerful. They have meaning. Words are defined as ways feelings are express and influence is spread. Throughout history, questions like, “What is justice?” and “How do we justify what is just or good?” have popped up in human minds and Plato and Aristotle were the first philosophers to answer these questions.

A certain event I experienced, helped me to realize that I was taking life for granted. An Apache name for this place would be, Windy Cliff Where Ashes Blow into Crashing Waters. When I was around the age of five, I attended a funeral. This funeral was for my grandma. At that time in my life I had not experienced the loss of someone close to me or anything else related to death. This funeral was held at the Marin Headlands(Windy cliff where ashes blow into crashing waters) at the top of a cliff on the edge of a hiking trail, where we scattered my grandmas ashes into the ocean beneath us. After releasing her remains into the ocean, we had a picnic to memorialize her. Throughout most of the funeral I didn't feel sad, I felt no sign of grief until our family started memorializing her. I began to think of all the nice things she did for me and my sister. She helped teach us how to bake amazing cookies, she taught us how to sew unique quilts, she would also take us to the store to buy us our favorite strawberry candy. When remembering these things I then realized I will never be able to do these activities with her again. I then began to feel sad and I began to grief. This loss in my life was my first experience with death and it helped me to understand the value of human life. This event taught me that death can impact humans greatly, that grieving is natural, and our lives will be remembered

Words are a correlation of letters that can hold immense power, Gloria Naylor explains this in her essay “The Meaning of a Word.” Today’s society pushes the importance of kind words and constantly highlights how one word can brighten a person’s day. Yet people are hardly taught the blunt fact that one word can also devastate a person’s day into self-loathing.

“Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echos are truly endless.” Mother Teresa. Words hold so much power, so much more than realized. But just as words can be used for building character and creating inspiration, they can also be used as weapons to cause anger and pain. Words can provoke, calm or inspire any person to do good - or to do bad.

Since the day I was born my parents took my sister and me to church ever Sunday. I grew up in a loving Christian home and was encouraged at an age where I could fully understand, to purse a relationship with Jesus. I accepted Christ into my heart when I was in the second grade and was baptized in the fourth grade at age 10. Growing up I have always been super involved in Church. I have a heart for people and love serving. Since 3rd grade until now, my senior year of high school I have been on the leadership team with my youth group. I can not imagine my life without Jesus as the center. I have been pushed to step out of my comfort zone and because of that I have grown in several different ways. For example, I am an extrovert and enjoy getting new people, but never liked public speaking as I felt nervous and intimidated. By the many adult leaders, and pastors coming along side of me and encouraging me to step of on my comfort zone I now highly enjoy speaking and spreading the truth about The Lord in big groups of people. I am so thankful for the many God loving people that have come in my life and helped stretch me. Jesus is my entire life and I am nothing without him.