THE TRUE POWER OF WORDS

Come inside; relax to take a load off and let's talk for a moment. I hope your life is good and fruitful. When words are shared that encourage, empower and construct, they serve to propel an individual to aspire to be the best that they can be. Words that affect us in positive ways impact our self esteem and how we experience ourselves and others.

Words that criticize, put down and dehumanize others leave life long scars on the psyche of the people who experience them.

“You will never be anything!”
“You were a mistake!”
“You never do anything right!”

These words can drag a person down in such a fashion that they live their life as though they were true. The words we speak are affecting the life experiences of others, as well as affecting us. An old saying is “sticks and stones may break my bones but words can never hurt me.” Well, the problem with that old tale is that it is NOT true. The truth is that “sticks and stones can break your bones, but words can truly kill you”. The question is, are your words having a negative or positive impact on others.

Words we have heard in our life are often repeated by us, even if we experienced them as negative. In our relationships we are often more revealing of our feelings with those closest to us. In this intimate space is where the impact of words has the greatest impact to either build up or tear down those who are significant to us. In relationships of intimacy whether it is family, personal friends, significant other, etc is where there is the greatest tendency to abuse others with words.

Think about the people you have said something positive to today. Now think of the people you have said something negative to today and ask yourself a few questions, what did I want to share with this person? Did I achieve it and leave a positive impact or was it negative? Every word that leaves our mouth is truly the meditation of our hearts, and we are responsible for them. In whatever way you are moved to think about the words you say, just remember that they are powerful enough to kill a person’s spirit or propel them to their highest ideals. Words we put in motion stay in motion until we change them. We have the power to change the negative things we say if we desire because words are truly very powerful in their long term effects.

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