The Art of Language

I remember a time when cursing was a bad thing. It was not acceptable at all. Kids who cursed would get spanked or get their mouths washed out with soap. Parents did not tolerate it, teachers did not accept it and very few students would dare do it.

Well, hasn't that changed! Kids curse on the street, in conversations, in school, in their home and even at their parents. It's almost like cursing has become a part of the accepted English language.

I find that the educated as well as the non-educated gravitate to using curse words as a means of being real and down to earth. Non-sense! If you know better, do better! Cursing does not distinguish you as a down and happening person. It shows a lack of respect for yourself and for others.

The beauty about language is there are many ways to express extreme emotion, passion, anger or frustration while maintaining respect and courtesy.

Why has cursing become as natural as breathing? Why have we lowered the standard to accept such behaivor? Where will it end? Have you tought that if left unchecked your doctor could be talking to you using such language?

"Yeah, man you have a f... tumor. You going to f... die in about 3 sh... months."

Would that sound good? Feel good? We need to remember that in a few years the same children that are cursing one another on the street may very well be our doctors, lawyers, electricians, or plumbers who will curse us, and expect us to pay them, to do it.

What can we do? How can we make a difference? Talk to them. Model the proper behavior for them. And definately pray for them. It is not there problem alone it affects all of us. Isn't it time we invest ourselves in thesolution?

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