"It's not what you say, it's how you say it." folk wisdom
An interesting experiment took place in various churches recently. People were asked to observe a sermon without any sound. The preachers were all pretty much charismatic and expressive in nature, giving passionate messages of salvation and redemption, God's love and peace in the world. Funny thing was, without sound accompanying the message, the translation was scrambled tremendously through different delivery styles. Some of the preachers actually appeared to be outraged and angry, disappointed and questioning, even hostile. A very good point was made with this type of evaluation - we need to become more aware of our delivery platform; of our facial expressions and body language. Our words should be chosen wisely, and our body language needs to follow accordingly for the two to correlate. It's our saving grace, our expressive face!
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