How to Navigate a World of Words

Words matter.  Words on TV, on radio, spoken words among family and friends, words shouted at us in anger, words secretly spoken against us by enemies, words used by political leaders to deceive us, words spoken by leaders in religion to encourage and inform us.  Words are everywhere, in newpapers, books, on computers, the Internet.  And this world of words can overwhelm us, suffocate us, and bury us in a pile of words.  With so many words, they lose their meaning.  They become insignificant.  They no longer have value for real life.  It's all just words.  But words, do have power, sometimes !