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# Words Are Powerful Tools to Evoke State Transitions
- URL: https://www.bramadams.dev/202212291411/
- Published: 2023-01-28T09:51:34.000Z
- Updated: 2023-01-28T09:51:34.000Z
- Author: Bram Adams
- Tags: deep-life

> Words do not express thoughts very well. They always become a little different immediately they are expressed, a little distorted, a little foolish. ([Location 1328](https://readwise.io/to%5Fkindle?action=open&asin=B007Q2YM8Q&location=1328&ref=bramadams.dev))

The [Values Document](https://bram-adams.ghost.io/Values%20Document?ref=bramadams.dev) cannot be fully distilled into words, but words can serve as a key-value store for the feelings the values are meant to emote. In a way, words are like a familiar smell from your past, that allow for memories to flow in. But words can be shared amongst many people in many different points in time.