The poem “Drop a Pebble in the Water” is written by James W Foley. He uses this poem to illustrate how the magnitude of our words can affect the lives we live and the lives of others in society.
He uses the simple analogy of dropping just a drop of water to show how however small our words may sound, they have a bigger effect than we may think.
Dropping a pebble in the water, it is gone. Similarly, when we utter any words from our mouths, we can't take them back, and their effects are inevitable.
Just like how the drop of a pebble in the water causes a disturbance in the oceans, our unkind words could cause some disturbance in one's heart too.
Our unkind words also disturb one happiness and cause a river of tears to flow.
However, words of cheer and comfort cause so much hope and happiness to be borne in the hearts of other people in an unimaginable volume.
Dropping words of cheer and happiness also causes one to have waves of comfort whose waves can be heard in miles and miles of places, just by dropping a kind word.
