The Power of Words

[Guest BrandonWilliams]

A friend shared this youTube clip with me today. Beautiful and powerful message. Enjoy. And yeah, it gets to me each time I watch the clip.

 

[leigh.bess.toad]

Very moving Brandon. And as someone who loves the written word I agree. But sometimes it's the words that aren't said that are the most powerful too.

[JackTwist]

Loved it, Brandon. You're right on. Choosing the right words can change our outlook on life.

[Guest Ryaan_Morgan]

Great video Brandon!!! I'm a sucker for clips like that...great message!

[Steven_Draker]

It's a beautiful day and I can't see it !

 

Loved the message. Too bad that sometimes people can't "see" simple things, and I'm not talking about visually-impaired folks ...

[ChiTown]

Brandon, A beautiful clip, thanks for sharing. We far too often take our many gifts for granted and also choose the wrong words to express how we're feeling.

[+ Shoreboy]

Stunning post from a stunning man

[Diverdan]

Shoreboy has it right... a Stunning post from a Stunning MAN... Thanks Brandon for sharing this... another sign of what a great man you really are and how you care about your fellow man. I plan to share this with a few folks that I think need to be reminded of the power of words, both what they say and what they don't say!

DD

[Racketjock]

That just made my day. Thanks for sharing.

[+ sf westcoaster]

Powerful! Brings tears to my eyes each time I view it.

[gtx1]

My takeaway from this inspirational film is that the greatest gift is not necessarily coin, but is in helping another improve their life. Even if is as simple as sharing her gift of communications.

 

Thanks, Brandon.

[seeker630]

The original

 

No one has commented on the fact that this re-make is a marketing piece for a marketing/communications firm?

 

Here's the original short film it copies/remakes:

[MsGuy]

LOL, I didn't know about the original but my first reaction was it was more about marketing than anything else.

[Guest BrandonWilliams]

I'm glad the clip has touched the hearts of so many.......certainly makes my day. Remember to hug someone today!

[+ friendofsheila]

I like what they said. I just wish they could have put their message across without resorting to the unflattering stereotypes of people who are blind, which just don't seem to be going away yet.

[+ azdr0710]

very wide variety of comments below the video posted by BMW....though well-intentioned, gotta agree with the stereotyping, to a degree......

[MsGuy]

As Seeker has demonstrated (follow his link), it ain't about blind folks or the milk of human kindness. It's a soft sell of the importance of getting the message just right in your advertising. The take away is how much a creative ad agency can help drive sales.

[Rick Munroe]

I'm torn. On the one hand, it's a beautiful message about helping your fellow human (a message sorely laking in today's culture of greed), and yet it perpetuates the stereotype of blind people being totally helpless without a sighted person's help.

[+ FreshFluff]

Double post--sorry

[+ FreshFluff]

yet it perpetuates the stereotype of blind people being totally helpless without a sighted person's help.

 

The ironic thing is that as much as I pitied the man, I know this is true. I just came home from an event at which I saw my ex, a man who is totally blind in one eye and has poor sight in the other. He can read only with extreme effort but runs a billion-dollar business and has made a huge fortune. Too bad he was constantly skirt chasing/having sex with other women. (He's trying to convince me that this has changed--uh huh.) Not exactly helpless, this guy.