Kind words cost nothing and have an endless power of healing hearts
Good Tuesday morning, my dear HCX friends,
This is me visiting an Agent Orange affected family near Nha Trang with Doc Bernie Duff, whom I call Papa Bernie. This was the first time we met in person, but we had been talking to each other online endless times before. He was always so kind, and for a teenager girl like me at the time, he was like an angel that led my way through the darkest moment of my life. Just like all teenagers, I felt lost and disappointed with myself and my surrounding. But a ray of hope returned to me every time I talked to Papa Bernie. I still keep his words for me in a little notebook that I carry everywhere with me:
“You have the drive and hard work to make everything and anything possible. Never change! Someday, you will be in a position to help a lot of people.”
These seemingly unimportant words have had an enormous impact on me. They have helped me overcome the challenges in my life, allowed me to realize the importance of helping the others and of contributing to making this world a better place. These words have had a power to lead my actions, to maintain my “drive”, to continue with “my hard work”, and to try my best “to make everything and anything possible”. I still haven’t got to the position where I can help as many people as I want, but I believe I’ll get there one day.
Maybe you do not realize it, but whatever you say can make a huge impact on other people’s lives. Words alone have a power to enchant and empower, but also to destroy and humiliate.
So why aren’t you using kind words every single day?
With love,
Thu Huong
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