WORDS THAT HURT WORDS THAT HELP - Donald D Schroeder - December 1981

Donald D Schroeder

Careless words and statements do enormous damage. They need to be rooted out of our vocabulary. What's the matter with you?" "How many times do I have to tell you…?" "The trouble with you is…!" "How dumb can you be?!" "Can't you ever do anything right?" "You always do that!" "You never…!" How often do we hear persons demeaned-belittled-by such careless and harmful statements? Or by these: "If you're so smart…" "All you ever do is…!" "Why can't you be like…?" "You look like a…" "You'd forget you…if it wasn't…!" These and many similar putdowns seem automatically to pop out of many persons' mouths- perhaps yours- in some frustrating moment or difficulty with others. Sarcasm, name-calling, putdowns, accusations, sweeping negative overstatements are all too common. Others do it. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library