{"id":31124,"date":"2021-02-06T11:24:08","date_gmt":"2021-02-06T11:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marnix.nl\/homepage\/welkom\/?p=31124"},"modified":"2021-02-06T11:24:08","modified_gmt":"2021-02-06T11:24:08","slug":"the-real-power-of-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marnix.nl\/homepage\/welkom\/2021\/02\/06\/the-real-power-of-words\/","title":{"rendered":"The real power of words."},"content":{"rendered":"
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I love words.<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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They might be a simplified and conceptual way to find our way in the world we live in, but they can also penetrate our deepest depths and inject us with wisdom.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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I love how words can come together and explode with meaning. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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And I also love how that meaning can change and intensify, magically.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Many times, I\u2019ve heard the exact same words in the exact same order, but in a completely different and more enlightening way.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The same words in the same order, with a fresh impact.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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I find that really cool and mysterious.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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It means that words are not just their literal meaning, and stories are not simply a strings of words, but there\u2019s a dynamic, alchemical quality to all of that.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The sum is more than the parts, and the sum is also variable.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Words are not like math, with a reliable, predictable outcome.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The use of words is not simply formulaic and straightforward.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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There are a lot of truths about life that were very meaningful to me when I heard them the first time, only to become even more deeply appreciated on second exploration.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Same thing, different experience.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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And this seems to be completely random.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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You don\u2019t choose this moment of deeper clarity and impact.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Haven\u2019t you ever had an amazing epiphany or insight while reading a specific post or watching a particular video, only to find that the person you recommended that jewel of wisdom to had a completely indifferent appreciation?<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The words that just shook your whole being, do absolutely nothing for somebody else.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Isn\u2019t that fascinating?<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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And of course this is not just about the things we read or hear: we also never really know the exact impact of our own words either.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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We can have the most deliberately positive agenda around what we communicate, and be disliked or even hated for it just the same.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Words are not just what the dictionary says they are.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Words don\u2019t just touch you because of their literal meaning: they touch you because of where you are in life right there and then.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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In that way, words are extremely personal.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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But there is more to it.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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There is a randomness when it comes to the specific impact of words, but there is also something fairly reliable about the way they can be used.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The source of creation can add a secret sauce.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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I have found that stories or messages can contain \u00e1nd deliver a specific intention, a general vibe, that is appreciated quite consistently by most people.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Like a subtle mental perfume.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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There is no guarantee that people feel exactly what you want them to feel, but when you create from conscious intention, stuff gets deeper.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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You touch hearts by writing from yours.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Do that, and words will never be the same.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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(Photo by @patrickperkins, for Unsplash)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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