In a World of Words

Times have really changed. Everything has shifted into being digital. It's like everything about our lives have been swept and thrown into an online bin—from our clocks, calendars and papers to our thoughts, conversations and even relationships. There are those things we find despicable about this change but then there are those we absolutely enjoy even if it costs our healthy eyesight(s).

Now that we have come to a point where we feel the need to broadcast our feelings to the world, our love for words has also increased. The only problem is how some of us have lost our ability to think on our own, of our own. We have fallen in-love with words that had been spoken and written by others and have relied on them too much to express our feelings. Instead of doing research to learn more about the language we want to use to put our thoughts across, what we do is go to BrainyQuote, or Tumblr, and most of the time, Google to look for statements to quote—whatever the intentions are.  The point of it all is to express.  All these social-media apps are there so we have an outlet to wear our hearts out on our sleeves and we can tell people how we think about what they think, feel, and say. Doing so through other people's words isn't wrong. Overdoing IT is. What's worse is when we take so much pride in being able to translate our heartbeats into words through those people but forget, if not refuse, to give credit to where credit is due. Worst is when we claim the words are ours and we use them to spread vexation.

It's pretty sad seeing how we got so comfortable of copying or quoting or whatever you like to call it just because we are unwilling to go through the discomfort of knowing better. But you see? It's only through knowing better that one can begin doing better.

This whole thing isn't so much about originality. This is more about sincerity, on how much truth we are able to make people see from our status updates, or tweets, or Instagram captions, or Tumblr posts. Since we're already in this age where sharing is the big thing, we might as well make sure that the people who get to see what we're sharing are able to capture the authenticity of our own feelings and our own thoughts. Our feelings and thoughts are not somebody else's duplicate. They will, at times, seem close but not really. Everything has their personal touch. You always have a version of your own. Respect that. Don't get too caught up trying to impress others. That's the first reason you will have a hard time voicing out—thinking that if it's your own words, your feelings are less valid and the number of people who agree or sympathize with you will decrease.

Keep it real. Use the language you're better at. Do more than just echoing. Start your voice lessons. Invite me when you're ready to scream; I'll scream with you on a rooftop.