Running for Your Life: More “Spoke Words”

I can’t leave this “spoke words to” idea without this observation.

Imagine the following:

A young mobile phone addict happens upon my blog post and says:

“Yes, I’m game, I’ll ‘speak words to’ someone. You know, meaningful words.”

Trouble is, he can’t think of any meaningful words to speak. The whole idea being so foreign.

Here’s the answer:

Take a word form that is infinitely larger than the 20 seconds of topic matter that is the average consumed bite of content on the mobile phone – and binge.

As in “speak words” from these two must-read novels.

When it comes to meaningful words you can’t do any better than “Gateway to the Moon” by Mary Morris (my wife) and “The Overstory” by Richard Powers.

Do that, feel the rhythm in the sentences, the mystical courage in the belief in the power, the beauty of the human soul.

It’s a helluva start to getting to a place where you can't help but speak meaningful words.

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