Words , whether written, spoken, sung etc hold a lot of power. I think many times we get so caught up in our lives that we do not place much thought on what we say to others. Furthermore , we don’t place much , if any, thought into how the “audience” of these communications may interpret our words.
One May say “I’ll do my best” and the audience may take this as a promise of sorts albeit not as seriously as an actual promise but it still may be enough to get the person(s) hopes up.
One May say “I love you” or even “I hate you” and this could completely build up or destroy a person. These things should not be said unless TRYLY meant and in some cases need to be very specific , as in I love you as a friend, I love you but not romantically, I love you for you etc.
When we are feeling an emotion strongly we often do not think at all about our words. When we are in a good mood we are likely to agree to things we may not really intend to uphold or want to. When we are angry we may say hurtful things not thinking of the consequences. When we are hurt or sad we may say we are ok to keep people out , to not burden another. So on and so forth .
But words HAVE POWER. It’s kind of like the saying/belief that once can speak things into being. I personally believe this to be true to an extent as I believe it’s happened to me before. Words have power , there is a reason incantations and spells are primarily spoken.
Be careful with your words. Good, bad or indifferent .