Our Hands:
Give or take
Mend or breakHeal or harm
Lift up or push downApplaud or heckle
Hug or hitBuild or demolish
Extend an olive branch or pick up a gunIndividually
And
Collectively
Our hands
Bear the history of
Every touch
Of our lives
Good, Bad
And
IndifferentIs your legacy to be one of joy or bitterness?
Inspired by Daily Prompt – Bitter
20 thoughts on “Our Hands Speak Volumes”
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This is so interesting to think about, our hands bear the history of every touch. Love it!
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Thanks. They can be instruments for positive or not so constructive actions.
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I totally agree!
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You handled that well, and correctly captured how much our hands talk.
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Thank you. I appreciate your comment.
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So true, our hands do speak in so many different ways. They can nurture or harm and we must consider their power. Wonderfully put!
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Thanks so much for your comment. I appreciate it!
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When we say life is in your hands. It is practically true the way you have expressed it
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Yes, life in many ways is literally in our hands based on our actions.
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Makes me think of the very arthritic hands of the foster grandmothers at the school for the handicapped where i used to work. Those hands have been through a lot!
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Those hands probably gave much encouragement to many.
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Sobering, and so true.
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Thanks for your comment.
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What a powerful message, we all hold happiness in our own hands.
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And together our actions write history.
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Very true words, our hands hold so much power for good or bad!
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Indeed they do.
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🙂
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And our fingers click “like”! 😄
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Ha! Good one!
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