Picture the number one thousand. Picture all the numbers
from One to One thousand in front of you. Big enough?
One thousand chocolates. Or even better, one thousand pairs of
shoes. Wow.
One thousand words.
I mean, what if you had one thousand
words to speak? Just one thousand? Only one thousand. A word more and you drop
dead! (Yes, I ripped that right off the movie, which by the way, is one of the
lousiest movies I’ve watched in a long time! But least it got me thinking. )
What would you say? Would you utter a ‘hello’ without
thinking twice? ‘Cause that would bring
you 999 steps away from death.
It’s amazing what that the tongue- a boneless, 8 muscled organ
can do. It has the power to bring the world to war or mould a president out
of a commoner.
Imagine if all of us were given just one thousand words to
speak for our lifetime. Ah, what a world that would be! Almost as if Pandora didn't open that box of troubles.
Think about this :
“ All kinds of animals,
birds, reptiles and sea creatures are being tamed and have been tamed by
mankind, but no human being
can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.” [ James
3:7&8, Bible]
*goose bumps*
20 years have gone by.
What have I done with this
rather powerful sceptor?
What did I build?
What did I kill?
I must start thinking. I must.
Watch. Think.
