mereHope

Words, words, words – printed, written, typed, spoken, broadcasted – fill every crack and crease of life.  Like water that engulfs, words soak the fabric of our existence.  On the back of the cereal box, the morning paper, the radio, billboards, signs, books, smartphones, and screens – words fill our lives.  And into this sea of words, we add our own, compounding the din of commentary, opinions, descriptions, invitations, etc.  Rather than creating clarity, many times we just add to the noise.  Though we are free to speak and write, our free communication does not always promote understanding, nor does it produce solutions.  In our freedom to say, print, and text whatever we wish, we speak, write, and text too many words.  Quite possibly we need fewer words and more silence. (more…)