Words, they count.

Taming of the Tongue We usually associate the word "tame" with animals in order to control them or domesticate them for our pleasure or our use.  However, that is not the only application of the word we should consider.  Yes, that   "fleshy muscular organ in the mouth used for tasting, licking, swallowing, and articulating speech".  That is the object I am talking about.   We have come to see over the past decades how much damage can be done with speech, whether audible, visual, or textual.  Today's social media has given the world a platform that can be used to uplift humanity.  But lately, we are seeing it used as a tool causing damage, wittingly or un-wittingly.   Grandma would say, when she heard something uncomely from your mouth, "I'm gonna wash your mouth out with soap!" She would actually get the soap and wash out your mouth to emphasis the point of how you should not speak or say those types of things.  It would m...

  The Hate that Binds! We have often heard “the love that binds” but, in this life, I find it is the HATE that binds.  A hate that has been fashioned down through the ages.  The hate that divides mankind against one another.  The hate that is provoked by wicked thoughts in the minds of men.  How else can you explain its degraded demonstration in men through the ages.   It has been fashioned through bloodlines against poor people, Jewish people, people of color, Native Americans, Japanese Americans, Chinese Americans, Italian Americans, Greek Americans, Mexican Americans, African Americans, and among every segment of mankind that has existed through time.  It is exhibited through violence, weaponized with words spoken that are seasoned with innuendos of false statements, hate, “careless whispers”, psychological maneuvering, and plain out disregard for the morals of humanity.  History has recorded the failure of ma...