al. Posted November 24, 2010 they can turn your friends into enemies, they can turn enemies into friends  they can bring nations together and cause them to war  how important are words to you? how much value do we place in them?  surely words are priceless!  as our language grows how do we insure it keeps in good health?  have we not inherited the language of our ancestors? and the shortcomings of the past?  what eloquence we need to even speak about words  the word is the body of the idea, and the idea is the soul of the word  the world of ideas surpasses the world of words  our understanding of thought requires a refinement of language  if our speech is our breath and breath is life then to break our word is to damage life  I shall endeavor to speak words that are both relatively and absolutely true  the art of poetry is more important than the laws which govern us  many set out on a journey that leads them further away from their goal  words are half what is said and half what is heard  fact and fiction are but two modes of storytelling  the speech of metaphor is the only way we can hope to praise that which gives us our breath  the movement of colour and sound is the vocabulary of nature  being within nature every sound we hear or dream can be appreciated as music  and so harmony is in our instincts  beauty is our gift and love is our currency  the success of words will bring our worlds into harmony  and the failure we will not speak of  silence  these words are nourishing to some and deadly to others  when that silence replaces the truth, the silence is a lie  I will endeavor to speak truth Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
strawdog65 Posted November 24, 2010 Wow! Â Talk about something that is full of truth about our world, ourselves, and our very limited understanding of the universal Tao. Â Thanks for sharing! Â Peace to you! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
