I've always found this a curious thing to say. And in a way I understand what it is trying to say. But on the other hand, I find it a blatant lie. Maybe that is just who I am. And perhaps for others it is true. Words have no impact upon them."Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me."
But I find words can be the strongest form of pain another human being can inflict upon another. There are things that people have said to me that I will never be able to forget, no matter how hard I try to scrub those burning syllables from my mind they will forever be branded there. And you can get over them to a certain extent. But there will always be things that occur and remind you of them.
Words can lift you, or crush you. They can save and they can kill. They can rescue and condemn. They can make or break you. The right word at the right time can change the world. You have no idea how your words can affect someone. Words can convey every type of emotion. Love, hate, pain, contempt, respect, sorrow, melancholia, the list is endless.
Be careful with your words. Think them through carefully.
