The Power of Words (Part 2)

Words are not only spoken, but can be communicated in many other ways beginning with pictographs on cave walls by the earliest humanoids, then writing on animal skins.  We then moved onto the earliest forms of paper, hemp paper such as the United States Constitution was written on, and now the amazing feat of using technology to produce the written word on computers where it disappears into that unknown place called the "cloud." 

(By the way, does anyone really know where the cloud is?)

These various forms of recorded words have given present humans a glimpse into the minds of the people of an ancient, and not so ancient, time in history that the words of whichever document is being interpreted were written (or painted, etched, etc.).  And what a wonderful thing for our ancestors to have left for us!!!  The vast amount of information that we have gleaned from the many ancestral documents that have been discovered throughout the course of history has given us a glimmer into the past.  And all through the use of words.  In a way those humans whose writings have survived the test of time, spoke a message to the future and we are lucky enough to have the ability to read it.  What a gift!