 Newsletter Volume 28 - October 09, 2002
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  Exciting
news! Goldie Hawn and Susan Sarandon, two of Words
Can Heal’s staunchest advocates, recently appeared on the Oprah
Winfrey Show to promote our campaign to eliminate gossip and verbal
violence.
They found Oprah herself to be more than receptive to the Words
Can Heal message. As Oprah said: “The world has gone gossip crazy....
I think what you’re doing about Words Can Heal is so important.
One day I was sitting here after the show, and I was talking about
the same thing, about the tabloids and one story or another. And
somebody said, ‘Well, Oprah, just because you’re famous...other
people go through the same thing, only it’s in our neighborhood,
our church, our school.’
“Maybe what you are saying,” continued Oprah, “will get us to look
at ourselves. Because I think, you know, all of us are guilty of
gossiping when we should not be gossiping.”
I would like to thank Oprah for helping us disseminate our message
to her millions of viewers, and to thank Goldie Hawn and Susan Sarandon
for their sincere and enthusiastic endorsement of the Words Can
Heal campaign. They themselves are glowing examples of using words
to promote the healing possible through rectified speech.
One last point: Just as you don’t have to be a famous movie star
to be hurt by gossip, so you don’t have to be a famous movie star
to promote Words Can Heal. Tell your friends and co-workers about
it, forward this newsletter, and help us get the word out - the
healing word!
Cordially,
Rabbi Irwin Katsof
Executive Director
Words Can Heal
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Goldie Hawn’s Pointers for Eliminating Gossip and Verbal Violence:
- Acknowledge the harmful ramifications of gossip and verbal
violence. When a child gets a bruise, or even breaks an arm,
pretty soon they are healed. But when they are told by parents
or peers, “You will never amount to anything,” they can be devastated
for a lifetime. Words can break our hearts, subdue our spirits,
and crush our courage.
- The first step [in changing speech patterns] is to resolve to change.
You can’t start anything without the mind. You have to tell yourself
what to do.
- Create a gossip-free zone, starting with your family. When you sit
around the table, try not to talk about other people. Try not
to say anything nasty or to talk about others behind their backs.
Instead, talk about world issues, or observations, or things that
you see that make you feel good.
- Sit down and ask yourself the question, “Who am I and what kind of human
being do I want to be?” Sit right down inside this shell of
skin that God has given us to act out with, and really ask yourself
the question, not “What do I want?” but “What kind of person do
I want to be?” Then make your speech patterns reflect that.
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Next issue: Judging Others Favorably, Part II
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