TToT – Words

June 6, 2015 Off By Lisa

Words hold great power.

Words can heal or harm, praise or cut down, build or destroy. Words can bring great change. They can bring us to tears or laughter and help us express our thoughts, feelings, hopes, fears, and desires.

I am thankful for the abundance of words flowing plentiful in our lives this week…

20150203_225213[1]When words harmed us, comforting words put us at ease. When our words harmed one another, words of apology and forgiveness followed.

Even when some words might be difficult to say, we find ways to give them voice, begin important conversations, and talk with one another.

I am thankful for the familiar words of well-loved songs and new favorites to provide a soundtrack for our days. I am thankful for sitting with someone special, learning words and singing songs together or reading books to one another.

I am thankful for words of prayer and the Word of God to strengthen and guide me. I am thankful for gentle words of wisdom spoken by a voice small, yet strong.

I am thankful for friends who use their words to comfort, advise, and entertain. I am thankful for the words that leap across miles and oceans to deepen connections.

I am thankful to have read words written by so many others that have inspired me, entertained me, and caused me to stop and think.

I am thankful for the words that have found their way through my fingers to my page.

I am thankful for expressions of love whispered by a small sleepy voice.

I am thankful for words of encouragement.

I am thankful for words of honesty.

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About The Author

Lisa A. Listwa is a self-employed writer with experience in education, publishing, and the martial arts. Believing there was more to life than punching someone else’s time clock and inspired by the words of Henry David Thoreau, she traded her life as a high school educator for a life as a writer and hasn’t looked back. She is mother to one glorious handful of a daughter, wife to the nicest guy on the planet, and reluctant but devoted owner of three Rotten Cats. You can find her adventures and thoughts on living life deliberately here on the blog.

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