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Words matter.

"The tongue has no bones, but is strong enough to break a heart.” —Unknown

What goes into the heart will eventually come out of the mouth.

Whose words do your words sound most like?

“I’ve always loved your sister more anyways.”
“I’m not sure you’ll amount to much.”
“I love you, but…”
“You were so hard to give birth to and I don’t know if it was worth it.”
“I don’t like you.”
“I don’t know why you want to waste the time and money getting your degree. It won’t do you any good and you probably won’t finish it anyway.”
“You’d make a great housewife.” (spoken from a dad to his son)
“You should be ashamed of yourself.”
“You’re worthless.”
“You’ll never be as good as your brother.”
“You don’t belong here.”“I don’t love you like I used to.”
“No one likes you.”
“We don’t want any [N-word] on our team.”
“I can’t wait to watch you fail.”
“You’re not invited.”
“You would be so beautiful if you lost some weight.”
“Nobody wants you. That’s why people keep leaving you.”
“You can’t do anything right.”
“If you died I wouldn’t care at all.”
“If people knew all the bad stuff you’ve done, no one would be in your life.”
“You didn’t pray hard enough.” (after a miscarriage)
“I can’t stand to look at you.”
“You’ll never do it.”
“We only had you because we didn’t want your brother to be an only child.”
“I know that ‘you people’ are slow learners.” (spoken to someone from a different ethnicity)

"Be mindful when it comes to your words. A string of some that don't mean much to you, may stick with someone elsefor a lifetime." —Rachel Wolchin