Negative Words - Can They Leave Marks on Your Skin?

imagine if every negative word spoken about somebody caused the visible physical mark on the speaker's skin in biblical times this actually happened and it was known as Sarat or leprosy According to some translations it may seem extreme but it highlights the destructive power of negative speech but why though did it affect the speaker's skin the great 18th century German Rabbi rev Hirsch taught that this stems from a limited perspective a lack of understanding the whole picture just as we all understand that the skin is merely the surface of a person our understanding of others is limited too so often we judge based on what we see but there is so much more to a person than what meets the eye we can choose to see beyond the surface we can shift our paradigms and truly see the world and people around us in a deeper and more profound and meaningful way words have immense power to connect and disconnect people let us make the habit of choosing our words wisely and seeing the good in others