words Archives - Small Things Count https://smthingscount.com/tag/words/ Making a More Loving World/Free Books Thu, 12 Jan 2023 17:52:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 We Know Not What We Say https://smthingscount.com/2020/06/29/we-know-not-what-we-say/ Mon, 29 Jun 2020 15:11:35 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=9299 We try not to be racist, and we may not accept the concept of white privilege. But sometimes we say things that are racist and

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]]> Request from a Person with Alzheimer’s https://smthingscount.com/2019/07/10/request-from-a-person-with-alzheimers/ Wed, 10 Jul 2019 16:03:21 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=8230 When we are around someone with Alzheimer’s Disease, we often don’t know what to do or say. This boils it down to simple things that

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]]> Three Gates https://smthingscount.com/2019/03/14/three-gates/ Thu, 14 Mar 2019 13:04:35 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=7818 Today’s Thursday Thought concerns words and how we use them. Anything that doesn’t make it through these three gates should never be spoken.

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]]> Follow-Up on Yesterday’s Quote https://smthingscount.com/2017/09/22/follow-up-on-yesterdays-quote/ Fri, 22 Sep 2017 16:38:40 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=6265 Roger Zelazny’s quote (yesterday’s Thursday Thought)  got me thinking about words and their effect. Including how they’ve touched me and my friends.  Here are my

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]]> Sticks, Stones, and Words https://smthingscount.com/2017/09/21/sticks-stones-and-words/ Thu, 21 Sep 2017 14:28:16 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=6261 Sticks and Stones may break my bones but words can never hurt me. Remember that childhood chant?  How true is it? According to Roger Zelazny in

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]]> Words to Avoid in 2017 https://smthingscount.com/2016/12/30/words-to-avoid-in-2017/ Fri, 30 Dec 2016 16:35:34 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=5450 In case you missed it, the Marist Institute for Public Opinion came out with its list of what, according to their poll, were the most

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]]> For Those Who Observe Lent–and Everyone Else https://smthingscount.com/2016/02/25/for-those-who-observe-lent-and-everyone-else/ Thu, 25 Feb 2016 17:45:55 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=4610 Today’s Thursday Thought gives the Pope’s insight on how to observe Lent, and, by extension, how to live life. POPE FRANCIS’ WORDS Do you want to fast

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]]> Thursday Thought: The Power of Words/Seeing through Blind Eyes https://smthingscount.com/2013/07/25/thursday-thought-the-power-of-wordsseeing-through-blind-eyes/ Thu, 25 Jul 2013 17:03:22 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=1906   This very short Youtube video struck me on so many levels.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hzgzim5m7oU&sns=em    

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