I received an email this morning from an unknown person in another state. I regularly receive email from people I do not know, but generally they are trying to sell me prescription drugs from Canada or they have tips about my love life that are essential to my happiness and filled with misspelled words.
Sometimes, though, the emails are from people who felt an overwhelming need to share their thoughts with a stranger. Most of these people are the type that if we met in public, I'd probably clutch the mace in my pocket and cross the street to avoid. But every so often, I get an out-of-the-blue thank you that makes me smile.
See, the thing is I know that words have an impact. I try to be very careful with the words that I use. One day last year, I wrote a blog in which I was talking about how my short sale real estate business has mushroomed over the past few years. I said something like it's exploded 1,000 percent, and I got slapped with a fine by the Sacramento Board of REALTORS. I didn't mean to give a false impression, and I don't even know why I typed an extra zero when I meant 100 percent. But it tells me that people are paying attention to words. Maybe they're not my friends and the type who would jab a knife into my tires in the parking lot if nobody was looking, but all the same, it has taught me a lesson to be more careful with my words.
This morning the email I received said this: I just wanted to say thank you for your frequent use of language that acknowledges the diversity of relationships that home-buying couples have and that not all important functions in the world are performed just by men.
Somebody noticed. That email made my day.
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Elizabeth Weintraub is an author, home buying columnist for The New York Times-owned About.com, a Land Park resident, and a Land Park real estate agent who specializes in older, classic homes in Land Park, Curtis Park, Midtown and East Sacramento. Weintraub is also a Sacramento Short Sale agent who lists and successfully sells short sales throughout the four-county Sacramento area. Call Elizabeth Weintraub at 916.233.6759. Put 35 years of real estate experience to work for you. Broker-Associate at Lyon Real Estate. DRE License # 00697006.
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