Words

Have you ever thought about what you say, and I mean REALLY thought about it? Maybe that one time when you wanted to ask this guy/girl out and you wanted it to come out exactly right. Or maybe when you had to give a presentation in class and you didn't want to look like an idiot.
But on an everyday basis, how often do you think before you say something? Every time? Once or twice? Never? Personally, I'm in the once or twice category, but that's not the point....
The words we use, especially using "fucking" as an adjective. Really, if you don't have any more words to describe something, spend ten dollars at WalMart on a thesaurus. There are so many other words you could be using; there are more than 500,000 in the English language! I know that occasionally there's really nothing else to say, but in my opinion, using this as an adjective on a daily/hourly basis shows a lack of intelligence.
My other pet peeve: when people use "gay" to describe something. Really? Think about it like this: what if you replaced every time you said "gay" with "straight"? "Dude, Mr. Smith's test was so straight! I think I failed!" "I can't believe they canceled the game, that's so straight!"
Sounds dumb, right?
That's what I thought. Like I said before, there are 500,000+ words in the English language, use another one of them!
Words can hurt. Think about all of those kids who have been teased and called names, then gone a shot up/ bombed their schools. Yes, a lot of them had underlying mental illness, but the breaking point? Words.
I want to challenge you to think about what you say, tomorrow, next week, next year, even. I'm not perfect, and I'm not trying to be a hypocrite, but I try. I hope you'll try with me.

Hanna