Take care of your thoughts when you’re alone, and take care of your words when you’re with people. ~Zig Ziglar
Your thoughts are stories made up of words. And your mindset is created from the stories you tell yourself.
The words you use create your reality. Not New Age woo-woo.
You don’t experience the world as it is. You experience the world through perceptions of what it is. Your perceptions are stories you make up about the world.
For example: Event (what happens) – your senses (what you see/hear) – your mind creates a story: what it means to you and for you.
Mind is a database of stories – who you are and how the world works.
The words you use and the stories you create from those words form what is “real” for you.
Words have power over the “real world.”
Plants respond to words and intention. Talking to plants often something people joke about.
My experiment with bean seeds. Good words created more growth. Bad words created wilted plants.
Imagine that what you say could immediately create an effect in time and space.
Words people say about themselves:
I’m such a klutz.
I always mess up.
I can’t do it.
I’m such an idiot.
I’m getting the flu…cold.
Because it doesn’t happen immediately, we tend to be careless with our words.
My word for this year is “words.” I pick a word for the year instead of resolutions.
This year I will pay even closer attention to the words I use.
I will speak as if my words will make it real . . . make it happen.
I believe there is power in words. Even if you don’t fully believe, you’ll be better off speaking positive words to yourself and others.
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