What Have We Forgotten?

We have forgotten the importance of words.

We have forgotten that words can hurt, they can heal, they can empower.

We have forgotten to use our words wisely, not to just 'share' them.

We have forgotten that words are interpreted in different ways, and can mean different things depending on our mood or our sensitivities.

We have forgotten to take the time to read a sentence, not just skim through.

We have forgotten that so many of us still don't know how to read, or cannot understand the language that is 'native' where they now live.

We've lost touch with the importance of reading a book at night, instead of staring at a screen. We've neglected reading to our children and to ourselves. We've forgotten the beauty of opening a book and creating worlds with our imagination. We've forgotten to tire our eyes and to excite our brains by sentences, paragraphs, pages.

We have forgotten the importance of journalism and using factual, unbiased and researched information.

We have forgotten the importance of print.

We have forgotten the importance of the word 'love'. We've settled with using 'I love you' as a passing phrase, rather than something special and reserved for those that mean the world to us.

We have forgotten how to communicate and use our words to express our emotions.