Sticks and Stones may break my bones...

This saying is one that my mom told me starting from my childhood and she reminds me of it all the time. I believe that this statement is false. I believe that words are one of the strongest ways you can hurt a person. From being a little girl, to becoming a grown adult, one of the most common ways I've ever had my feelings hurt has been through words other people have said.
I believe words have a lot of power. The one thing that always sticks out in my mind is when I have done something wrong (when I was younger of course) and my mom would tell me she was disappointed in me. That was one word I could not stand my mom say. It killed me to know that I had disappointed my mom. I would get the worse feeling in my stomach when I heard that word. So yes, words are a lot of power. It's important to watch what you say because you never know who is listening.