Some words can imprison us within ourselves – words of hate, of desperation, of sadness, of isolation. These words can trap us, scare us from daring to live our lives the way we really wanted to lead them. Sometimes those words were said by a parent, sometimes a friend or a loved ones, and sometimes by someone (our enemies, might be) who just wanted to hurt us. And whether we like it or not, words have power to make things happen. But the results might be beneficial or destructive to its recipient.
Because it goes both ways – words that harm us can also heal us, can free us from the bondage and chains we put on ourselves and give us new direction, and new life. The following words were purposely and carefully selected, meditate on them. Maybe they will prove helpful.
- “You’ve gotta dance like there’s nobody watching. Love like you’ll never be hurt, Sing like there’s nobody listening, and live like it’s heaven on earth.” (William W. Purkey)
- “Who are you to judge that life I Live? I know I’m not perfect – and I don’t live to be – but before you start pointing fingers… make sure your hands are clean.” (Bob Marley)
- “Sometimes people are beautiful. Not in looks. Not in what they say. Just in what they are.” (Markus Zusak)
- “Sometimes you don’t need a goal in life, you don’t need to know the big picture. You just need to know what you’re going to do next!” (Sophie Kinsella)
- “We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school,the teachers – but never blame yourself. It’s never your fault. But it’s always your fault, because if you wanted to change you’re the one who has got to change.” (Katharine Hepburn)
- “Every man’s life end the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died as one distinguished man from another.” (Ernest Hemingway)
- “Parents were the only ones obligated to love you; from the rest of the world you had to earn it.” (Ann Brashares)
- “The price if discipline is always less than the pain of regret.” (Nido Qubein)
- “Let us not think of education as the means of developing our greatest abilities, because in each of us there is a private hope and dream which, fulfilled, can be translated into benefit for everyone and greater strength for our nation” (John F. Kennedy)
- “To find what you seek in the road of life, the best proverb of all is that which says: “Leave no stone unturned.” (Edward B. Lytton)
By: Jackielou B. Guinto | Teacher III | Samal National High School | Samal, Bataan
