swearing

i've never really dedicated a post to anyone, so i thought i might give it a try.
this post is dedicated to my older brother, whom i look up to and greatly admire, and who is also(in his own words) a "sexy man of God". lov ya, bro.

today i had the oppurtunity to go to a marine corpes pollee funtion where they did some interesting activities and physical workouts and the like. they also had a drill instructer there so we could get a taste of how they ream people. the whole day was a rather enlightening experience.

my brother once told me that cussing and swearing is no more than a way of showing your ignorance and lack of imagination and intelligence. i never really understood him at the time. to be honest, sometimes hearing someone cuss at a certain time or after something happens can be extremely hilarious. (you all know its true...don't be givin your compy a death glare or something...) but today it really clicked with me what he meant when my bro told me that. the vast majority of the people there swore quite fluently. and frequnetly. if they couldn't come up with a word for a noun or and adjective, or some other phrase, they would just inject a cuss word. at first i didn't really notice it, but as the day wore on, it became more evident. i started to see just how dumb it can make you look. and how pathetically stupid it can make you sound. so here is my challenge (mainly to myself, but you are welcome to take it for yourself): whenever i get the ruge to mutter a cuss word, or even a "christian cuss word" (whatever that is supposed to be) or a "four letter word" (as a lot of us fcs goers have been told we are not allowed to use anymore, which is quite an order, seeing as there are a lot of four letter words), don't. stop. try to think of something else to say. something witty, something funny, something random...just soemthing other than the word that is running through you mind. it will make you sound smarter, less vulgar, and it might even improve your image in someone's eyes. just try it.