Words

Influence in this world is made in words. Not in the simplicity of them being spoken, though it is certainly possible to influence through what we say, but in the power of creating words. Who can argue against the power that Tolkien wielded when he created words like "Hobbit" and the stories that defined them, just as Philo Farnsworth forever changed the world with the word "Television". The things we do everyday have the power to change the world, and the echoes and ripples that come to us, in their strongest form, are the words that we use. We even define ourselves through our words, whether we believe them or not, the words we describe ourselves by change who we are. I hope someday to change the world with a word, whether through a story, an invention, or, most likely, through the word I use to describe the greatest thing that comes from a person, my child. I want to change the world.