In the ebb and flow of conversation

Words convey much more than facts

They are used ON you!

They can, for example, encourage, chastise, cheer you, pull you down

What they always do, because they are intended to, is to affect you

If you do not realise this, you will become a victim of words

Every time someone speaks to you

Ask yourself the questions “Why have they said that?”

And “Why in those words ?”

The answers might not suggest a bad reason

Most people do not use words as a weapon

At least not all the time

But they do want the words to have an effect.