Sticks and Stones

I've learned a lot about the power of words lately. Words can set you free or they can hit you like a ton of bricks, trying to bury you in the ground. It has always been said that words are the only thing that can't really hurt you - they are just words. But I don't think that's true. Words can hurt more than actions just for that reason, people don't think they mean anything so they'll say whatever it is that crosses their mind.

I recently received an apology from someone I honestly never thought I was going to get closure from. It has been a long time and I had come to the same realization this person had many moons ago, but it doesn't mean anything unless they come to the same conclusion. Now that they have, a piece of me is kind of restored and I can move on. I thought I had moved on, but I was probably never going to until I got that sense of..."doneness"...and this idea that I wasn't crazy, that really was how things were between us.

I also recently got blindsided by the loss of a best friend. That's all I have to say about that subject, just know that words have power.

But I also think words have power until a certain point. If my arch enemy told me something was true, I would probably not believe them just because they are my arch enemy. But if my mom told me? Damn right it's true. It's the same thing for the people that are right for you in your life and the people that aren't. The people that aren't tell you what you want to hear, the people that are tell you what you need to hear.

I've slung some pretty awful and hurtful words in my lifetime, but I've also given great speeches and lifted many people from the ground. I know what has made me happier and more fulfilled and I will continue to move in that direction. If others can't, it is those people I truly feel for.

xx
Gina