The Power of a Woman's Words conclusion.

Well, I finished the study "The Power of a Woman's Words" several weeks back but have not had a chance to blog on my final thoughts. This book was such a blessing and a challenge. I find myself thinking over so many things that were mentioned. It has also been a help to me to really think about the words that I'm saying; and help me to recognize when words are better left unsaid. I want to share a portion from the last chapter (it's actually the last page), it's a bit longer but really sums up the book well and brings home just how important the everyday decisions we make of how to use our words, will have lasting affects. I pray that it is a blessing to you also.

"You are going to meet an old lady someday. Down the road 10, 20, 30 years --
she's waiting for you. You will catch up to her. What kind of old lady are you going
to meet? She may be a seasoned, soft and gracious lady. A lady who has grown old
gracefully, surrounded by a host of friends -- friends who call her blessed
because of what her life has meant to them. Or she may be a bitter, disillusioned
dried-up, cynical old buzzard without a good word for anyone or anything --
soured, friendless, and alone. The kind of old lady you will meet will depend
entirely upon you. She will be exactly what you make of her, nothing more, nothing
less. It's up to you. You will have no one else to credit or blame. Every day,
in every way, you are becoming more and more like that old lady. You are getting to look
more like her, think more like her, and talk more like her. You are becoming her. If
you live only in terms of what you are getting out of life, the old lady gets
smaller, drier, harder, crabbier, more self-centered. Open your life to others.
Think in terms of what you can give and your contribution to life, and the old
lady grows larger, softer, kinder, greater. These little things, seemingly so
unimportant now -- attitudes, goals, ambitions, desires -- are adding up
inside where you cannot see them, crystallizing in your heart and mind. The
point is, these things don't always show up immediately. But they will --
sooner than you think. Someday they will harden into that old lady; nothing will be
able to soften or change them then. The time to take care of that old lady is
right now. Today. Examine your motives, attitudes, goals. Check up on her. Work
her over now while she is still pliable, still in a formative condition. Then you
will be much more likely to meet a lovely, gracious old lady at the proper time."
~ Author Unknown