I have always been a lover of words, how insanely beautiful certain words can be as you use them together, or how exceedingly heartbreaking they can be. I feel as though we, as humans, don’t realize just how careless and wasteful some of our word choices can be. From a trip to the grocery store, to the park, to class, or wherever you go, you are interacting with a fleet of people. And even though there are millions of remarkable word choices that you can conjure up to form any possible sentence, the one sentence every single person chooses to say is, “Hey, how are you?” And do you know what that other person says in response? The classic, “Good, how are you?”
We are constantly projecting this pile of word vomit that contains such unbelievably sad and washed up words. What if you just won the lottery, and you ran into one of your neighbors, and they asked you how you were doing. Would you still say, “Good,” even though every piece of you is screaming with excitement and filling with ease? What if you just got accepted into the program of your dreams and everything in your life is finally falling into place. What would you say in response? Would “good” really be the best word choice to sum up that rush of emotions that you are feeling?
I think we, as human beings, need to explore the beauty that words have to offer. Don’t just tell someone that they have pretty eyes, but tell them that their eyes are oceans and as the tide rolls in, different shades of blue crash into one another, creating a beautiful and chaotic scene, one that you would love to get lost in. Don’t just tell someone that they have a nice smile, but tell them that you caught yourself falling into the mesmerizing sight that is their smile. Don’t just say that you like someone’s laugh, when you can tell them that their laugh is a contagious melody ringing through your ever so curious ears.
What about all the words we don't say? The ones we are all so very afraid to say out loud as if they are going to tear us apart, when in reality, the words we don't say are the exact ones that destroy us. What happened to speaking our minds? We shouldn't be afraid to say what we are feeling, to use our magnificent voices and say, I miss you, I love you, or even, You're a negative influence in my life. We are drowning in the words that are left unsaid. We are giving this astounding gift of the freedom of speech and a list of a billion possible words to say, so why aren't we using our voices to say them?
I’m not sure where we all went wrong in a simple task such as conversing with one another, but within this process we have lost the beauty in which certain word pairings could truly portray our genuine emotions. Think of how astonishing this world would be if we used the right words to describe someone, a feeling, an event, etc. Think of the enhanced connection we would have with one another. Words are a never ending galaxy and when we choose the right ones, it is as if stars have collided with one another, exploding and forming the most magnificent sight, the perfect sentence.
