{"id":424,"date":"2011-04-29T12:24:21","date_gmt":"2011-04-29T16:24:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/dailyjoys\/?p=424"},"modified":"2011-04-29T12:25:06","modified_gmt":"2011-04-29T16:25:06","slug":"words-matter-usa-govcontactelected-shtml","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/dailyjoys\/2011\/04\/words-matter-usa-govcontactelected-shtml.html","title":{"rendered":"WORDS MATTER:   USA.gov\/contact\/Elected.Shtml"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>USA.gov\/contact\/Elected.Shtml<\/p>\n<p>Words.  Our world\u2019s are built upon the words we choose to use. History is encompassed in Word.  The world was created by Word. Lies are perpetrated and wisdom is shared with Words. The impulse to create inhabits the mystical core of an artist and is manifested through form symbols: color, form, line. Words!  Language began with form and picture and moved to the sets of characters which humans in various parts of the world, agree to read in the same way.  Words. Are. Power.<br \/>\nHow will you engage with your precious legacy of words in this tumultuous age?  Will you engage?  Will you raise your voice above a whisper?  Do you ask \u2013 \u201cWhat different would my one voice make?\u201d  The famous anthropologist, Margaret Mead has answered that question with, \u201cNever doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.\u201d<br \/>\nThis is the web site where you can discover how to connect and raise your voice to your elected officials:   USA.gov\/contact\/Elected.Shtml<br \/>\nNEVER DOUBT\u2026that YOUR voice matters.  It does. Oh, indeed it does.<br \/>\n\u201cErrors to be dangerous must have a great deal of truth mingled with them.  It is only from this alliance that they can ever obtain an extensive circulation.\u201d Sydney Smith (English Essayist 1771-1845)<br \/>\n\u201cA great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage.  Every day sends to their graves obscure men whose timidity prevented them from making a first effort. (sic)<br \/>\n\u201cLife has its own hidden forces which you can only discover by living.\u201d Soren Kierkegaard<br \/>\n\u201cWith too much attention to the voices of fools, we suffer becoming fools ourselves.\u201d  Mary Anne Radmacher<br \/>\n\u201cWe tell the tale of our lives by the stories we repeat in our days.\u201d  Mary Anne Radmacher<br \/>\n\u201cConformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.\u201d John F. Kennedy<br \/>\n\u201cThe way to love anything is to realize that it might be lost.\u201d G.K. Chesterton<br \/>\n\u201cIf the creator had a purpose in equipping us with a neck, he surely meant us to stick it out.\u201d Arthur Koestler<br \/>\n\u201cThe only t hing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.\u201d  Attributed to Edmund Burke<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>USA.gov\/contact\/Elected.Shtml Words. Our world\u2019s are built upon the words we choose to use. History is encompassed in Word. The world was created by Word. Lies are perpetrated and wisdom is shared with Words. The impulse to create inhabits the mystical core of an artist and is manifested through form symbols: color, form, line. Words! 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