Words. Big, small, meaningful, meaningless, words. Everywhere we go words bring power, attention, and direction and yet they are just words. Words by themselves are powerless. Words are just letters jumbled together in a recognizable pattern and yet words hurt, words incite, words sadden and uplift. Words make us feel loved, respected, listened to. Words make us doubt ourselves, as teachers, as human beings. Words are power.
We give that power to words. Angela Watson reminded me of that. Words by themselves cannot hurt us, we allow them to. We open up the possibility for anyone to criticize because of the strength we give their words. If you remove the power from the words you will see that they are nothing without it.
Reclaim your words.
PS: If you want to experience this book for yourself, here's your chance!
We give that power to words. Angela Watson reminded me of that. Words by themselves cannot hurt us, we allow them to. We open up the possibility for anyone to criticize because of the strength we give their words. If you remove the power from the words you will see that they are nothing without it.
Reclaim your words.
PS: If you want to experience this book for yourself, here's your chance!
