Talk the Talk
- Rosetta Mandisa
- Jun 8, 2018
- 2 min read
Consider this…we can’t create an actual universe with our words, but we can use them to build up or destroy someone else’s world.
I came across this little nugget during my quiet time reading recently and almost immediately shared it on my Facebook page because I thought it was so simple but yet so true. We have so much power in our words that life and the world would be a much better place if we knew how to use them in a positive way.
When I was younger, I like any other kid, loved watching television. My favorite part was the commercials. Back in the day almost every product/ad was promoted through a jingle. The jingle would get stuck in your head and you’d be singing that thing for the rest of the week! As I was growing, I had a plan to go off to college and get a degree that would help me to be able to make commercials. Well, I did go to college and I got a degree but life led me down a different path.
Today, television is the last thing I want to sit down and watch. I still enjoy a good commercial however, with news programs, tv series and made for tv movies taking such a dark and negative turn, I rarely turn on the television anymore. If it were solely up to me, I’d toss out every television in the house.
I find it increasingly difficult to expend positive energy to my family and friends or even those I simply run into each day when we, this world, is surrounded in so much negativity. I feel for my kids the most. In this age of instant “Likes” and instant posts so that the world knows your every move, my kids are bombarded with instant comments about everything. And I feel that this is desensitizing them to simple compassion. It amazes me that everyone has an opinion about everything but what saddens me most is that even in the most positive postings, articles or news reports someone will find a way to turn it into a negative. You can’t read a post or article about anything where someone hasn’t found a way to make a negative or hurtful comment. My love gets so frustrated with me because I try to find a positive in all that I do and say. I am by no means perfect and even though it is hard and often times challenging, I’d much rather find a way to show love and compassion to someone than to be mean and say something negative or hurtful.
What I feel we, as a society, are losing most is our ability to be compassionate. 1 Peter 4: 9-10 says “Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling. Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God’s grace in its various forms.” To me that simply means to love one another, to have compassion and respect for my fellow man (woman) and to be compassionate.
Every day, in every situation, find a way to share grace…:)
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