I caught myself holding my breath last Wednesday as Amanda Gorman, our nation’s youngest Poet Laureate, set my heart ablaze with her words at the presidential inauguration. Her poem, The Hill We Climb, contained mostly simple words, yet their energy created chills all over my body and coaxed tears down my cheeks. Quantum physics tells us that everything seen and unseen is energy, and all energy vibrates. That means words are energy. And they vibrate with powerful force. Words can incite violence or inspire peace, depending on how they are wielded. They can wrap us in love or rip out our