“She has a strong personality…” an echoing voice from somewhere near yet so far kind of space in between the four corners of a classroom. My brow furrow and I wonder where that phrase came from. I want to say “No, you’re wrong. What you see isn’t what really is underneath this bubbly figure in front of you.” I want to melt and just be a jello.
A lot of crying and laughing. A lot of uncertainties. A lot of times I could have insisted on saying “No”. A lot of chances to step back and zip my mouth. But I did not. But I never grabbed any ropes that would save me from being the culprit to yet another faction of angry faces directed at me.
We act and move by instinct. We produce sounds and express ourselves with words or sometimes the lack of it shows more than what we are actually saying. And sometimes, words, rumors, and other unnecessary expressions hit you like explosives over your head or ticking bombs under your feet. With Facebook ruling our generation’s lives, we tend to make utterances out of instinct, out of rage, or out of curiosity as to who and how the world will react.
I recently received messages, screenshots of a post in different sizes. This was hidden from me, obviously. And almost everyone knows who’s being talked about in the post. When it reached me, I laughed hysterically with the words used to describe me. Oh yes, I loved how I was labeled. Labels, as far and as accurate as they can get, does not really affect me. You may say am just pretending it’s all okay, but no. It is totally okay, at whatever angle you look at it.
What I am trying to say here is that words are just words. They do not hurt unless they’re physical punches to your face unless they touch you. Do you see what I mean? Words cannot kill you. And what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. So, words make you stronger.
The question is, did it make me stronger? Somehow, yes. It made me realize that what occurred as of late is little compared to what I have gone through. I have experienced life in a minute and this petty thing does not affect me at all.
