Isn’t it funny how words can be played with?… How it can be twisted until such time that even those horrible words to say to someone can somehow sound like a compliment… Sort of ironic how words can really play us… Until now, I still find it amazing how words can even vary in meaning… how one person will acknowledge them may also depend on the person saying them.
Most regard words as simple tools to convey what one wants to convey to the other or to half of the world…. But to some, words can stand with and for their own meanings…. They can be literal… But…, again funny how people oftentimes digs for the meanings behind words…. Even when they ought to be taken at face value, we dig further until such time that we find a new meaning to it… Funny but we somehow select what we want to hear, too… what meaning they ought to share…
But I sort of thought? Who gives meaning to words really? Isn’t it that its the recipient or the person to whom we are addressing a certain speech, they are the ones giving meaning to those things we’re saying… We only have the following within our control- that is how we compose our words and the manner of conveying them…. The strength we give to its syllables or stress points somehow alters the mood and somehow directs our listeners or readers to how they would take or understand our thoughts… These can be anger, sympathy, joy , fear and all those emotions… How words can stir those emotions….
As much as possible, I wanted to avoid using strong words or whatever it is that may sound shallow or hollow, or worst is words that may sound dreadful… I’ve read an article then that since we’ll never know when we are gonna eat our words, then we might as well keep them sweet…
Just had this thought…. Thought of sharing it….
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I guess the message of the song (The Climb) tells us that it’s not always true that the end justifies the means. It is in our means that we achieve our fruitful ending…Just like I always tell my friends: In anything we want to achieve in life, it doesn’t really matter who gets there first or last…life isn’t always a competition..you need not overtake others to truly succeed in life…what matters is “who” gets there…that WE get there. I know it’s a little premature that I’m saying these things now considering how diminutive my achievements are compared to the achievements of few noble men. But beleive me, I’ve had my share of failures and successes…surmounted challenges on my own and with the help of my family. But it is from those experiences that I gained genuine wisdom..(Nasa blog ko rin to..hehehe..)