Open For Interpretation

What is the value of words? Sometimes it's sad to witness just how much people can get crapped on, and in the midst of their confusion and frustration lies inconsistency. Their actions never match up with their words. Their flashing smile distracts us from the dagger they're whipping into our chest. Compliments and promises are nothing...only the actions that follow them.

Words are not the only context to a person's sentence.

It's easy to fall into self-deception. When we hear something nice that inflates the ego, we want to believe it. Heck, it's gratifying to believe such things. If we think any differently, that thought process may bring about some form of pain. So we go ahead, and drink up the bullshit because of our escapist nature.

Some recent family matters have really got me thinking about words: what we can hide with a smile, how a simple roll of the eyes can influence a person's view of another, and the small deceptions inserted into harmless comments that truly prove to be one's undoing.

What slips past us everyday? How do we percieve the words we use everyday? How do those words change, or rather, falsify how we view the truth?

For example...

The people we consider our friends, are people we never see that have access to our Facebook pages.

Call of Duty, although it may appear to be a game, is actually a very intensely effective form of birth control.

Secrets are just things we tell everyone not to tell anyone.

Science Fairs have become ways for parents to show how talented they are.

Getting a manicure is just spending 30 dollars to get made fun of in a different language.

"I'll pay you back".....this one requires no explanation..how many times have all of us heard this?

Heaven is depicted as a place full of everything you get sent to Hell for.

"Oh...cool!"....99% of the times actually means "I don't care", yet even though we KNOW the person saying it to us most likely doesn't care, WE TELL OURSELVES they do! Seriously. Think about it.

Democracy is just the freedom to elect our own dictators.

Drama. When Sally likes Henry, but Henry is going out with Janet, but Janet actually likes Edward, but Edward likes Sally, so Edward asks out Sally, and Janet gets mad and breaks up with Henry so she can go out with Edward, but then Sally asks out Thomas instead, and Thomas likes Dorothy, and Dorothy likes Henry, so Dorothy asks out Henry, and Janet gets jealous so she forgets about Edward and tries to make up with Henry.

Sound ridiculous? I may be adding in some dry humor, but we do it all. the. time. We just sugar-coat everything with feelings, and since we feel a certain way, we justify our blatantly rotten behavior.

The most heinous of them all? Wedding vows.

Fifty Percent of marriages.

Pitiful.

Words. That's what careless words do. They make people love you a little less.

Next time you hear something...think to yourself:  is it true, or do you want it to be?

Matthew 12:36

I tell you, on the day of judgement, people will give account for every careless word they speak...