Make Ur Wrds Gr8

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can kill me!

Be bold. Word out.

There are a mere two factors that separate humans from the animal kingdom - free choice and speech. In the past several decades, we have witnessed an unprecedented increase in phone usage. With the advent of cell phones, we have seen an enormous explosion of our speech. With the ability to reach virtually anyone at virtually any time, we have become quite comfortable calling more people, more times and speaking ... more.
Then we were given text messaging. Perhaps a means to limit our speech, for better or worse, texting comes with its own set of challenges. People text what they would oftentimes never say in person. Yet, while we have the luxury of unlimited nights and weekends on most networks, there is something unique about texting from which we can possibly learn a very valuable lesson.

A texting field is limited to 160 characters. Although we can feel free to text multiple messages one after another, we are nonetheless limited to a finite number of characters in a single text . Interestingly enough, this has impacted people in the most profound ways, most notably in the fact that the spelling accuracy of our youth (and even older) has deteriorated. People have adjusted to using shorthand to communicate their messages. Since we are limited to 160 characters, and we want to get our point across in one, single text, we alter the spelling to achieve this goal.
Lol, ttyl, and thanx just to list a few appropriate examples. Also, the communication between people becomes vague and often misunderstood, which leads to various relationship difficulties.
Although the negative outcomes appear clear, there is something so incredibly positive and important to learn from.
Our words are limited! If we were to realize that our words are finite, and that each word is accounted for, perhaps we would use them more wisely. Just as we careful calculate each and every character in a text message, our precious words should be closely scrutinized far more.

Count your words and make your words count!

Say to yourself ten times today:
"I will try and think before everything I say today!"