Merriam-Webster dictionary online
defines sarcasm as a sharp and often satirical or ironic utterance designed to
cut or give pain.
Why would anyone wish to indulge
in this?
It could well be that there is an
urgent need for us to understand that the human word has more significance than
we presently think, given our superficiality in rather serious matters. Just
like our thoughts, our words too shape our surroundings. Indeed, the words are with
us, are from inside of us and we are the words we use! Does that not sound
familiar?
Words can give joy and they can
give pain; they can build up and can destroy; they can surround us with beauty
if they are simple and true but they can cover us with ugliness if they are
superficial, false, and full of sarcasm or hatred. We are however meant to work
beneficially with the language.
May we henceforth pay more attention
to how and when we use the special grace of being permitted to form words. Certainly
this gift of being able to use the language comes with the obligation to use it
such that joy, beauty and peace will reign wherever we are!
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