{"id":424,"date":"2006-09-28T08:17:12","date_gmt":"2006-09-28T15:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=424"},"modified":"2006-09-28T08:50:40","modified_gmt":"2006-09-28T15:50:40","slug":"verbalizing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=424","title":{"rendered":"Verbalizing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What do you think about verbalizing?  I have a belief that if I say something &#8211; it makes it real.  But I also know that sometimes just the act of saying something outloud takes it&#8217;s &#8216;power&#8217; away.  It&#8217;s a conflict I face everytime I try to write here or try to talk about big things.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe they are both true.  Maybe when I express my fears they become real&#8230;but I also realize they are powerless.  When I worry about something it grows until it overshadows everything.  But when the words are spoken &#8211; they are just words.  Even shouted words are not that big.  And, I&#8217;m never speaking into a void &#8211; so someone is carrying part of that scary idea.<\/p>\n<p>There are things I need to talk about &#8230; that need to have their power removed.  But I&#8217;ve got to get over the fear of actually speaking the words&#8230;.giving the fear validity.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-official sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><div class=\"fb-share-button\" data-href=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=424\" data-layout=\"button_count\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><div class=\"pinterest_button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fosbornz.net%2Famy%2F%3Fp%3D424&#038;media=http%3A%2F%2Fosbornz.net%2Famy%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F10%2Fcropped-poppy-150x150.jpg&#038;description=Verbalizing\" data-pin-do=\"buttonPin\" data-pin-config=\"beside\"><img src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/pidgets\/pinit_fg_en_rect_gray_20.png\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=424\" data-text=\"Verbalizing\" data-via=\"Knitnmom\" >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-tumblr\"><a class=\"tumblr-share-button\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/share\" data-title=\"Verbalizing\" data-content=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=424\" title=\"Share on Tumblr\"data-posttype=\"link\">Share on Tumblr<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button\" href=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=424\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\" ><span>Print<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>More<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;width:150px;\"><ul style=\"background-image:none;\"><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Verbalizing&body=http%3A%2F%2Fosbornz.net%2Famy%2F%3Fp%3D424&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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