B10 April 2015
MetroVanIndependent.com
Lifestyle/Entertainment
How to Say Things Right
THE POWER OF WORDS
By Jackie Diy
One kind word can change someone’s
entire day.
I totally agree with this quote although
it may not be as easy to follow especially
when we, too, are not having a very good
day. By nature, people can be impulsive
not because they want to harm others but
because it is a rush of emotions that can
trigger people to say things they didn’t
really mean.
The practice of counting 1 to 10 is really
advisable and it works wonders in many
ways: First, we avoid getting ourselves
into unnecessary arguments; or at least
explaining why we had to say things.
Second, we avoid hurting or offending
someone. Third, we save ourselves a
good amount of valuable time directing our
attention to more positive things.
This is the first article that I am
writing for this very new paper, Metro
Van Independent News, and I would like
to congratulate its publishers Steve and
Luisa Marshall for taking on this huge
responsibility in the name of community
service.
It is an honor to be a part of the team.
In line with this maiden issue, I thought
that I wanted to come up with a spectacular
article, but come to think of it, every article
should be spectacular! So yes, as they say,
the first thing that comes to your mind is
usually most descriptive of what you feel.
I thought that I should title my column
‘How To Say It Right’ for a few reasons
and one of them is that all throughout my
management/administrative career, I have
been approached by people for a number
of important things and one of them is to
re-phrase their words so that they did not
come off too straightforward or worst, too
offensive.
I always felt good about being asked
not because I thought I was an authority
on the subject as there are many people
I always stress the fact that there
are only 24 hours in a day and
given the toxic schedules that
we have, we sometimes even do
not sleep enough. So yes, let us
use whatever hours are left of
those 24 to do something positive and say things right because
our words can influence a person
more than we know.
who are experts in this field, but because I
always believed in thinking twice or getting
another opinion. Whether I had the better
words to say is sometimes not what really
counts.
It is knowing that there is this one
person who took the time to stop, think,
and consult which by itself is an act of
kindness. I would be asked to help with
re-wording sentences, emails, letters,
articles, etcetera, and I commend those
who have chos