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St. Francis of Assisi: “Use words,
only when necessary”

“St. Francis of Assisi, a great lover of nature and all creatures, told his early followers to “Go out and preach the Gospel and, if necessary, use words.” We all need to use words but often I find the overuse of certain words or phases or the categorization of thoughts and actions by words can be over done. Words can be used to describe an experience or to empty the experience, change it or make it less meaningful.

For example, many years ago I picked up the phrase ‘family values’ and used it often in talking with parents and children in religious education. However, the Republican Party got hold of the phrase and overuse and misused it, taking the meaning out of the phrase and making it some code word for their philosophy. Recently, re-readings of these postings saw that I used the common phrase ‘my friends’ a lot. But since the second presidential debate when John McCain used the phrase repeatedly, I try to avoid it. We all have heard some politicians say something that is not true or misrepresents the truth repeatedly, as if by repeating it so many times people will believe it. A favorite use of repetition of words to change reality was when, after 9/11, the President and others in the White House used the phrase 9/11 and Iraq in the same sentence so many times that, even after it has been proved there was no connection between 9/11 and Iraq, and they admitted it, many Americans continue to believe there was a connection.

I asked a friend who has done the research on the AIR Insulation System to check out the science behind my story of the Hare, Hair & Air. He told me that the story was good and explained the concept well, and not to worry about how accurate the science behind it was. He said that scientific accuracy often gets in the way of understanding. He advised me: “So, Bob, if you ever feel you have to defend the accuracy of your story, simply state that it is much more true than false.”

My son and I put up the inserts in all the windows in the Sunroom today. We did not talk much as we cleaned windows and window glazing, air dried the glazings again, put new clear duct tape around the edges and placed the inserts in the window, thus making them five-pane windows. However, our working together to insulate the sunroom so we can keep it warm for growing in the winter was an experience we shared, and meant more to us than many words we could exchange. Some words, written or spoken, help us to understand and communicate an experience, but some words could be better replaced with silence. Coming from a person who has been defined and categorized by some with words like “he talks too much”, you know there has to be some little truth in these words.

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