Words to live by

So much power in the words we hear and especially in the words we say. We have learned from childhood upward to speak mantras, cliches, old wives tales, and such. Some are good, some just need to be squashed. You are tailoring your life and now you must be super selective in the words you say. Some words give strength and life, others drain and kill.

We mindlessly go about our lives without a lot of purposeful thought and planning. Things just seem to be happening around us and we cache it with things we remember from our past. We go steadily back to our pasts. Maybe it's time to consider ourselves master planners, of our own lives at least.

It has taken you to this point to become the person that stands before the mirror. Whether it has been 22 years, 42 years or 82 years, this is the length of time involved in the making of you. Along with all those seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years, and decades, it has been countless experiences, numerous conversations, matchless encounters and more that has been the sum of your existences. How much of that has been random and circumstantial?

Try to flip the script for once and approach each day with words that affirm our existence. In Daniel Chapter 1o, the writer was in a difficult situation. He was in bondage and not of his own accord, but there he was praying for deliverance. A messenger came to let him know that his prayer had been heard and to take courage. He first assured Daniel that his request had been validated and that an answer had been formulated. Daniel responded with thankfulness and a plea for the messenger to keep speaking words that he found to be strengthening.

The scripture doesn't give us all the details of the conversation, but by Daniel's own admission, he found strength in the words being spoken. The words alone boosted his confidence, lifted his head, and took away some of the weight from his shoulders. Words have power within, that when infused with the essence of humanity's voice lift us to another place, a realm of possibility. The meaning assigned to each word is one kind of strength and the vocal allotment given to the spoken word dictates a strength like no other. You've heard the phrase, "it's not so much what you said, but how you said it".

Let the letters float together like movie credits rolling at the end of the film. See the lines coming together, Brave, resilient, resourceful, funny, good to be around, kind and you fill in the rest. When you see the words, begin to say them inside your head, then inside your mouth, and finally release them to the inside of your room. Again. It could all be an exercise in futility or who knows, this could be the spark that you need. Your words could be the gentle urging that causes you to sit up, dangle your feet on the side of the bed till they touch the floor, and take a small step in the direction of positive change.

Today, find words that bring you strength. Gravitate toward things that give you life. We have enough things to keep us down, so let's begin to seek out things that will lift us up. Start with a search for positive words, on the internet or even an old-fashioned thesaurus, and begin to let those words saturate your soul. It may not be an overnight transformation, but things will begin to change.

Think about it what you want to say and then rephrase it to life-giving affirmation. We've got a perfect opportunity, each day, to make life better. Even if you must spiral, let spiral up and not down. Let's take advantage of each instance and seize the moment!

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