Words.

Words are incredibly powerful.  Sometimes I think we forget.  We can create so many different emotions just by the words that we use.  Anger, hate, love, passion, sadness, happiness and even despair.  A heart can be broken in a moment, a relationship destroyed.  Words can be poisonous, infecting what was once loving and pure.  But they can also lift our spirits and enrich our lives. 

There is so much in life that we are unable to control. However, the words we choose when we write or speak are completely of our making.  I read somewhere recently that we are remembered by the way we make people feel, not by what we say or do.  I believe that the things we say and do directly effect the way people feel.  Therefore we will be remembered by the things we say and do.  Choose your words wisely.  Emotional wounds can be just as painful as physical ones and quite often take far longer to heal.