You never can tell when you send a word
Like an arrow shot from a bow
By an archer blind, be it cruel or kind
Just where it may chance to go
It may pierce the breast of your dearest friend
Tipped with its poison or balm
To a stranger's heart in life's great mart
It may carry its pain or it's calm.
You never can tell when you do an act
Just what the result will be
But with every deed you are sowing a seed
Though the harvest you may not see
Each kindly act is an acorn dropped.
In God's productive soil
You may not know but the tree shall grow
With shelter for those who toil
You never can tell what your thoughts will do
In bringing you hate or love
For thoughts are things and their airy wings
Are swifter than carrier doves.
They follow the law of the universe
Each thing must create its kind
And they speed o'er the track to bring you back
Whatever went out from your mind.
-Ella Wheeler Wilcox
"Words can be uplifting and some words can be harsh in anyway. We may have to be careful of what we're going to say to someone we dearly loved or to anyone else. Sometimes, words can be hurtful from our mouth without knowing it would create an impact to someone else heart. Vicious words spoken thru our mouth were more than like a sharp sword pierced in our thoughts. One may create a mental pain and hurt and may take time to heal or it cannot be forgotten."
