What did you not say yesterday? Were there things you wish you had said but held back? Did you corral certain words, certain sentences, and hold them for another opportunity? Were some thoughts pushed below the surface, allowed to be changed with time, perhaps to be forgotten forever? How many "I love you's" went unsaid that would have healed an aching heart? As with sleep, you cannot store them and build a reserve to tap into at a later date. Their power, their balming effect, quickly dissipates with disuse. They work only in the moment that they were intended. Left idle, their potential is gone, the object of their delivery untouched by kindness, by tenderness.
"I love you." It is so simple to say. Three words. There are many other opportunities to say them, but none more
Countless millions of words have been written and spoken since the beginning of human history. A total of all the words in all the libraries of the world, past and present, and every word of every conversation, idle chatter, lecture, broadcast, and speech in history would be dwarfed by the vast legions of words left unsaid, those rendered impotent by silence. Not that it is a good thing to instantly speak every thought that comes to mind: chaos would ensue. We have to be selective of our words and deliver them into the pattern of conversation where appropriate; however, it is our mental editing that isolates certain words and thoughts as unspeakable, and sentences them to die (pun intended).
Words can change the world. They can incite, torture, kill, comfort, heal, encourage, humiliate, anger, inspire, sadden, give joy, make one laugh, and they can forever change one's life. There are many kinds of words: "In other words," four-letter-words, words that are read, words to make you blue; there is the spoken word, the written word, the forgotten word; we put words in someone's mouth, and we don't have the words to express.... Words, words, everywhere, and not a thought to speak. And the unsaid words-oh, how they could have changed the course of history! Would they have altered the destructive lives of John Wilkes Booth, Adolph Hitler, Lee Harvey Oswald, Jeffrey Daumer, or the Son of Sam? Would the unspoken "I love you's" have given them a new lease on life had those three words been bestowed upon them?
The power of words and their silent cousins: "What did you say?" "Nothing." Think of the consequences had that "nothing" actually been, "I was wrong. I'm sorry. I apologize and want to make it up to you." Instead, a relationship was probably hurt forever, or even eventually terminated. "Ouch, that hurts," if left unsaid, can become one of many familiar wedges in a marriage, or any relationship. Not expressed, it can fester inside, becoming worse and much larger over time than it originally was. It also will accumulate other unsaid "ouches," and grow to become a very powerful "I hate your guts." It can eat at one's insides if not voiced. Actually, its release will help the relationship; its incarceration will destroy.
Don't withhold. Let the hostages go. Release the words while they still hold their meaning. Release them before they change in silence. The loneliest place in the world, more desolate and forbidding than the blackest cell of any prison, is a silent marriage/partnership. All the city lights from Manhattan to Bangkok could probably be powered by the turbulent energy of the silent, but unrelenting, dialogues churning in the minds of an unhappy couple. And it would be possible, as well, to freeze solid the oceans of the world by the dynamics between the two.
Allow your thoughts to be heard. You are the most powerful person on earth. You alone possess the ability to change your world, make friends, and influence people. You have the key. Use your words for good. They can help you. Don't withhold them, for in their muted state they can turn on you. Life is a fine balance of releasing the right words in the right order at the right time, and deciding which words are truly better left unsaid.
相关单词：endearments
endearments解释：n.表示爱慕的话语，亲热的表示( endearment的名词复数 )
endearments例句：
They were whispering endearments to each other. 他们彼此低声倾吐着爱慕之情。
He held me close to him, murmuring endearments. 他抱紧了我，喃喃述说着爱意。 来自辞典例句
相关单词：mighty
mighty解释：adj.强有力的；巨大的
mighty例句：
A mighty force was
The mighty iceberg came into view.巨大的冰山出现在眼前。
相关单词：mightier
mightier解释：adj. 强有力的，强大的，巨大的 adv. 很，极其
mightier例句：
But it ever rises up again, stronger, firmer, mightier. 但是，这种组织总是重新产生，并且一次比一次更强大，更坚固，更有力。 来自英汉非文学 - 共产党宣言
Do you believe that the pen is mightier than the sword? 你相信笔杆的威力大于武力吗？
相关单词：countless
countless解释：adj.无数的，多得不计其数的
countless例句：
In the war countless innocent people lost their lives.在这场战争中无数无辜的人丧失了性命。
I've told you countless times.我已经告诉你无数遍了。
相关单词：chatter
chatter解释：vi.／n.喋喋不休；短促尖叫；(牙齿)打战
chatter例句：
Her continuous chatter vexes me.她的喋喋不休使我烦透了。
I've had enough of their continual chatter.我已厌烦了他们喋喋不休的闲谈。
相关单词：dwarfed
dwarfed解释：vt.（使）显得矮小（dwarf的过去式与过去分词形式）
dwarfed例句：
The old houses were dwarfed by the huge new tower blocks. 这些旧房子在新建的高楼大厦的映衬下显得十分矮小。
The elephant dwarfed the tortoise. 那只乌龟跟那头象相比就显得很小。 来自《简明英汉词典》
相关单词：chaos
chaos解释：n.混乱，无秩序
chaos例句：
After the failure of electricity supply the city was in chaos.停电后，城市一片混乱。
The typhoon left chaos behind it.台风后一片混乱。
相关单词：isolates
isolates解释：v.使隔离( isolate的第三人称单数 )；将…剔出（以便看清和单独处理）；使（某物质、细胞等）分离；使离析
isolates例句：
The transformer isolates the transistors with regard to d-c bias voltage. 变压器可在两个晶体管之间隔离直流偏压。 来自辞典例句
In regions with certain isolates of TRV, spraining is more prominent. 在具有TRV某些分离物的地区，坏死是比较显著的。 来自辞典例句
相关单词：incite
incite解释：v.引起，激动，煽动
incite例句：
I wanted to point out he was a very good speaker, and could incite a crowd.我想说明他曾是一个非常出色的演讲家，非常会调动群众的情绪。
Just a few words will incite him into action.他只需几句话一将，就会干。
相关单词：humiliate
humiliate解释：v.使羞辱，使丢脸[同]disgrace
humiliate例句：
What right had they to bully and humiliate people like this?凭什么把人欺侮到这个地步呢？
They pay me empty compliments which only humiliate me.他们虚情假意地恭维我，这只能使我感到羞辱。
相关单词：bestowed
bestowed解释：赠给，授予( bestow的过去式和过去分词 )
bestowed例句：
It was a title bestowed upon him by the king. 那是国王赐给他的头衔。
He considered himself unworthy of the honour they had bestowed on him. 他认为自己不配得到大家赋予他的荣誉。
相关单词：guts
guts解释：v.狼吞虎咽，贪婪地吃，飞碟游戏（比赛双方每组5人，相距15码，互相掷接飞碟）；毁坏（建筑物等）的内部( gut的第三人称单数 )；取出…的内脏n.勇气( gut的名词复数 )；内脏；消化道的下段；肠
guts例句：
I'll only cook fish if the guts have been removed. 鱼若已收拾干净，我只需烧一下即可。
Barbara hasn't got the guts to leave her mother. 巴巴拉没有勇气离开她妈妈。 来自《简明英汉词典》
相关单词：incarceration
incarceration解释：n.监禁，禁闭；钳闭
incarceration例句：
He hadn't changed much in his nearly three years of incarceration. 在将近三年的监狱生活中，他变化不大。 来自辞典例句
Please, please set it free before it bursts from its long incarceration! 请你，请你将这颗心释放出来吧！否则它会因长期的禁闭而爆裂。 来自辞典例句
相关单词：withhold
withhold解释：v.拒绝，不给；使停止，阻挡
withhold例句：
It was unscrupulous of their lawyer to withhold evidence.他们的律师隐瞒证据是不道德的。
I couldn't withhold giving some loose to my indignation.我忍不住要发泄一点我的愤怒。
相关单词：desolate
desolate解释：adj.荒凉的，荒芜的；孤独的，凄凉的；v.使荒芜，使孤寂
desolate例句：
The city was burned into a desolate waste.那座城市被烧成一片废墟。
We all felt absolutely desolate when she left.她走后，我们都觉得万分孤寂。
相关单词：dynamics
dynamics解释：n.力学，动力学，动力，原动力；动态
dynamics例句：
In order to succeed,you must master complicated knowledge of dynamics.要取得胜利，你必须掌握很复杂的动力学知识。
Dynamics is a discipline that cannot be mastered without extensive practice.动力学是一门不做大量习题就不能掌握的学科。
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