The Power Of Words

How powerful are words? How much power should we allow them to have over our life?

How important are words in cases such as reporters comments after investigating a story? A trial testimony given for or against the charge can be a very powerful words and greatly effect ones life. A pleasant compliment or sharing ones feelings for another .. those sentimental speeches spoken from the heart can make the words said very powerful and effective.

On the flip side of that coin is how powerful should we allow words to be when words are less than positive. When someone insults you , or tells you something about yourself you dont particularly enjoy hearing even if they may be right, should those words have power over or effect your life? Where do we draw the line from letting the positives of one persons opinion enrich our self esteem and the negatives knock us down? How often have we heard that cliche' advice.. "Just ignore them" , or " Dont let it get to you " and yet if it were positives.. we'd feel perfectly accepting to welcome the words and appreciate them shared.

So my ponderment is .. how powerful should words be? Is there a black and white in accepting or ignoring words said be it national news storys or just one persons opinion about you, or too many grey areas. Words can rule our lives.. in the forms of rules or laws.. and they can be weapons too in the form of lies. Words can con, and manipulate and words can touch the heart in lyrics of music or poems .

Words can be sickness in gossip and rumor and words can be miraculous in teaching and inspiration. Words are so many things.. how much power do they cast in ones life? How much effectiveness do words have in your life?


Todays Poem:

Words came into my life today
made me laugh from things they say
taught me lessons important too
from the words we see and do

Words spin tales in stories bold
makes us young when we are old
words can lift and spirits soar
leave us longing to read more

Words are black and cause us pain
when cut down were never the same
fueling low self esteem
words can sometimes seem so mean

Words are powerful and effect us a lot
words stay with us some never forgot
how powerful are words in your day
how powerful are words that YOU say?

Whatever words effect your soul
never lose sight of one special goal
to let your words be honest and true
and may positives only dominate you!

Thank you for reading :)

Blues Buster

Hello Ramble Readers! Thanks for checking out my latest meandering wayward thoughts!

Okay so no matter how positive a person you are in life , we all get the blues.. it happens. You find life has dealt you circumstances you find yourself sighing and each step of that particular journey seems to be like trudging a steel toed boot full of sand through a vat of molasses. You can do it!! But its gonna take a while. The blues can bring you down... so todays post is about How do you bust your blues? I realize You cant always cure them.. some circumstances just dont disappear but you can find ways to feel good and bust the blues away a while! Heres a few of mine:


1) It goes without saying and this shouldnt even be counting that good friends can help you chase away the blues. Thats not to say they will be like some super hero force, quick changing from street clothes to spandex and lycra * although wow what a visual huh? * and flying in to whisk you off to happyland where the blues cant reach ...but they can sit with you for hours when you need to vent , tell you jokes that are totally lame just to make you smile for they know once one smile gets in .. you will start to feel better, they can stand firm for you to lean on when your own steps shake or falter.. they can care for you and show you to the world.. You matter! Good friends.. a geniune blues buster!!


2)My second bustin blues battle tactic is Music! Music literally carries me away! For me, I can so easily get lost in the moments of music be it the lyrics , which for me liking to rhyme poems a lot is often what grabs me , or the melodies music just absorbs me and I drift away into happier mood instantly. When my Dad passed away I was as low as Ive ever in my life been. Id lost my lifes best friend, my confidant, my advisor, I was numb and struggled to see any positives remaining in life without my Dad there to share them with me, but I found solace in music .. you know how your going along and the radios on and a song comes on that "takes you back" this was the start of music busting my blues.. a old song that my Dad loved came on the radio.. suddenly Im singing along with it.. memories of Dad flooding my mind.. when reality hits me .. its in the memories that I kept my Dad with me .. yes he was gone but not forgotten. Music like in the case of a happy feel good beat can lift your spirits as well, how many of us have found ourselves dancing or smiling from hearing YMCA or WIPEOUT or *insert your most favorite rockin song here*. Despite Blues being a form of music ... Music .. busts the blues away for me!!


3) My third way to bust the blues is photographs. If im low and feeling sorry for my current lifes circumstances sometimes seeing photographs, old, new, or taking current ones can perk me up and have me feeling appreciative of what in my life IS good. I soppose thats cliche'd as " count your many blessings" and perhaps thats true I just know .. seeing captured memories of times and events when lifes circumstances were happy.. makes me feel good and renewed to focus on the positives I still yet have in life :D

My last way to bust the blues and although its listed last.. certianly is not last one I turn to, but Ive found GIVING whoops the woes of life pretty darn well! I might be having a rotten day.. but you cant deny that warm feeling you receive when youve done something unselfish for another person. I am a hopeless romantic type so I have a unrealistic dreamlike faith in human spirit, but I like to live life feeling if I am a giving person sooner or later someone I help will pass it forward to help someone else they know and anytime you can be catylyst to a positive how can the day be negative right! :) So Giving is one of the ways I like to bust the blues:D

Are any or all of these a cure for the blues of life, No... but if but for a while .. they allow a smile.. then isnt it worth it to try ?

Now I've shared some of mine, wont you share some of yours? Maybe I will learn a few new techniques to try when life deals me my next bad day! Thank you so very much for reading and I hope your day is Blues free * unless its jamming to music * ha ha ha


Todays Poem:

Eyes brim with moistness
on the verge of tears
the blues have come to visit me
and intensify my fears

life in all its power
has dealt a day thats tough
and made me feel so very low
I've really had enough

Busting blues I begin
sharing laughs with good friends
blues are rough they hang around
making my smile become a frown

Music blasts and memories fly
to my sadness, wave goodbye
lyrics call and speak to me
renew my heart so happily

Blues are knockin steal my laughs
I find them again in ol photographs
captured memories of great life times
soon will have me feeling fine

Mean ol blues get me low
fill my day with negatives so
but battle back from where I live
I gain a smile each time I give

Blues can turn my skies to gray
cause me grief and make a bad day
Busting blues in positive fashion
smashes them all with powerful passion

Find your ways to battle back
when mean ol blues your day attack
Smile and sing or take a picture
make positives a permanent fixture


Thank you for reading :)

Crossing the Line

Hello to all of you who bless me by repeatedly coming back to gaze your eyes upon my scattered ramblings! I apprecaite you :) Thank you.

You know how you go along in life and suddenly realize there's an awful lot of conversation about a particular topic with many people at different times over time?
If your still with me after that lengthy intro let me elaborate a bit more for clarity.. You cross paths with one friend .. in the course of convo they mention as an example " I really admire your smile......." fast forward to another conversation with another friend later in the day or even the week and your told " I really admire your smile ..." .... and so on and so on .. until your suddenly thinking.. "Hmm..." . I've been expierencing this sense of dejavu on topic matter for a couple weeks now.. having been told by a handful of my friends in conversations.

The repeating comment in all encounters was I was thought to be a brave person for having gone to meet virtual friends in a real life setting. I have crossed this line a total of three times now in life and always being caught up in the excitement never stopped to look at it from a bravery point of view. It got me to wondering .. am I really brave or is it just a natural progression of a great friendship... So I'm making it a blog entry to ask.. "What would you do ?"

Would you travel in real life to meet a online friend?
I say friend because aquaintance leaves the impression of a level of unfamiliarity of the individual.. you know them.. but not really well. Do you think its possible to really know a individual.. online.

I met Braddie and Rysidian after having known them online for about 2 years.. I faced my fear to fly and took my first airplane trip of my life and journeyed to Sydney, Australia to spend 3 wonderful weeks in their country and company. I suppose to the outsider it looks very foolish to place that amount of trust in two individuals Ive only known over internet supported communications.. for me though.. I just put faith in my judgement of their character. I trusted them. and as it turns out .. I had a wonderful time. Now I do feel its important to note my cautiousness when the idea first surfaced to visit them in real life I questioned them quite personally.. even joking with them.. I had to rule them out as axe murderers. The point is , after 2 long years and daily contact.. I felt a level of trust enough to take that step and cross the line of virtual reality to reality.

Id like to claim... " oh well I knew the person a really long time before meeting them in rl " to all my exxamples, however with the next two I would simply be lying. I knew Jaycatt and Frogg for a while, yes.. but not even a year when I actually met them in person... Jaycatt and I talk in a voice messenger program every single day. Its like a phone call every morning with the same person over and over and over.. you develop a sense of trust with this person.. you might not have gained in just text only. I was not fearful at all to meet Jaycatt.. I just "knew" him and knew I was in good hands to visit. I admit I didnt know Frogg as well, having little interaction with him online.. but I placed my faith in my trust in Jays good judgement and my own assesment of Frogg and just trusted it would be all good. And it was!!

Meeting Patrick, Id known him even less time than Jaycatt and Frogg, however with the aid of voice and web cam daily.. again I think you get to 'know' a person better, the camera allows that body language info to get through, whereas in text that just isnt there. I held no fear in going to meet Patrick whatsoever so its hard for me to look upon it as being brave.

My third time crossing the Online to Reality line was SLCC. Now my reason for going was the music. Most of the performers were my friends, ones in which I'd already met, so I viewed it more as a reunion of sorts than a meet and greet strangers event.
I didnt even stop to think about the many new faces Id be encountering in the course of the weekend, my mind was wrapped up in teh excitement of "Oooh! I get to see Jay, Frogg, and Patrick again! " When the moments came that I actually met several folks from Second Life...the atmosphere was so warm and friendly.. I felt no fear or anxiety at all over the moments. So again.... thats difficult for me to view as being brave. So in conclusion I am really curious... If it were you .. would you travel to meet someone youd known online? If so , do you think its brave? What factors get you to that point of ...yes, I'd do it? If not, what reasons make you reach that conclusion? I thank you for your time and reading this ramble :) Bless your heart!!


Todays Poem:

Open up that long shut door,
first step taken to gain more
cross the line of time and space
to stare reality face to face

Is it brave to travel here
shake your hand and have no fear
Is it foolish to open up
expose my real life and personal stuff

Sheltered in my online world
its easy to be a virtual girl
trust and faith place me in real life
making choices that just seemed right

Would I meet just anyone..
even friends ive just begun?
I think with time and daily care
its the bonds that grow that take me there

Is it brave and am I wise
or is it foolishness wrapped in disguise
does excitement shadow common sense
and have me leaping o'er the fence?

Brave or not with delight I exclaim
on each trip taken, I was grateful I came
Gained so much from each trip
from life's sweet cup.. Ive taken a sip.

Rosa Gardner September 2007

Thanks for reading.