The Word

"Thus to speak a true word is to transform the world." - Paulo Freire

How crazy is it when words have such meaning, yet they cannot penetrate, they cannot incite, they cannot reach your guts. And then in that moment, in that right time, they carry the weight of the world in their utterance.

I am beginning to see the difference between that which is simply verbalism, and that which is the spoken word that enters into the soul of the other. To speak the latter is to 'transform the world.'

It is the difference between actually living in the world or simply watching it go by, the difference between actually seeing someone or being surrounded by strangers. The true word, if we will take the risk, if we will choose to show up and speak it, will transform our worlds.