The power of your words.
When was the last time you actually stopped and thought of your words? Spoken words, written words, typed words, and even words that are thought. All of these words hold immense power. Power over you and power in the effect they have on others. Something I have learned recently is that our words, literal or thought, are energy. The emotion we put in the words hold power as if we physically used them to act out our intention. I am not one to use the bible often but Proverbs 18:21 says it clearly, “Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.” Simply stated, your words hold power and you will get back what you put out. You will eat the fruit of your words, good and bad. We would never choose the most rotten peace of fruit and eat it gladly, so why are we so careless about the energy we spew into the universe? Why are we choosing to reap rotten fruit?
My children are 12 & 13 and it never ceases to amaze me the things they say, repeat that were said to them, and lets not get started on the written words on pictures and videos posted to social media. The word vomit is hitting us all hard but our children even more so. I struggle daily to teach them the power of words and the power of their intentions, but I am most definitely fighting an uphill battle. How do you silence the noise enough to even make your point be heard? I will tell you what I tell my kids, it isn’t up to us to silence the noise, it is our duty to not add to it. Now believe me, I hear my kids, I know my words don’t sink in completely but I will never stop saying them. My words do hold power and if I continue to use them to empower and teach my children I know someday it will sink in. Even if it doesn’t, that energy is out there and it is the same energy that will come back to me. Watching my words is new for me, I have always been a speak first, think later kind of gal and to everyone that knows me, I’m sorry. I never fully understood the impact of my words, my judgments, my critical eye, until I truly started reaping that energy back. I can sit and pout, I can get my feelings hurt, and I can play the victim, or I can take this energy and flip it. I make a conscious effort everyday to be aware of the words I speak and think. When I wish someone well, I truly put my best wishes in that thought. When I celebrate someone’s accomplishment or send encouragement, I truly put all the happiness and pride I can in those words. When I have to be a bit real and be a mirror for someone or even myself, I put love in my tough. I know that if I put that out it will always be what I accept back in.
Words, once said, can never be forgotten, only forgiven. I don’t think we think of that before we speak. I can go into the impact your words carry for others but in the end its the impact they carry on you that matters. You can’t control how others process your words but you can control not only what you put out but how you process them as well. Imagine for a moment every word you said, typed, and thought towards a person was inked on your skin every day. How comfortable would you be in public. There are no excuses, justifications, or reasons, just words. Would you walk outside and show your words proudly? Would you have to hide in shame at how others read you? Its a heavy thought isn’t it? It is also a bit of reality. You carry the words of others, we all do. We also carry the words we speak over ourselves. This is a hard one for me. I tend to be critical of myself, and I find that I have the exact life I choose to speak over myself. The negative thoughts, self doubt, and spoken “can not’s” define me. So when I talk about the power of words it isn’t only the words you put out for others, it in the ones we put out for ourselves.
How conscious you decide to be of your words is a direct result in how you, yourself, will carry others words. Being aware and choosing to be better doesn’t mean that no one will speak or think badly of you. It would be nice though, but that is their journey and their burden. It does mean however, that the energy of those words cant find you. It’s two different vibrations. When you put out love you will receive love back, if you put out hate, that is what you’ll feel in return. Its like being on FM and AM, they are both broadcasting loud and clear, you just get to choose which one you receive. You are worthy of all the love in the universe, we were created from love and it will always be what feeds our souls. Choose your frequency, even if the station is static at first, you’ll find your song. Be willing to strengthen someone else’s song, it takes far more effort to hate than it does to love. Be aware of your power and choose to use it to empower yourself and others, there is room in this universe for us all. We all have something to add to this beautiful journey.
I am so grateful to have you be part of mine, your presence here isn’t unnoticed! With all the love and appreciation I have, thank you.