THE TONGUE IS A RUDDER

Hello Guys,

How is your day going?

I don’t know about you, but I’ve never been in charge of sailing a ship. But even at that, I know the rudder (on the picture) is what is used to control the ship's direction. Another thing I know is that even though the rudder is circular in shape just as the wheel of a car, they don’t function the same, though they eventually achieve similar outcomes.

Have you ever seen (probably in a movie) where the captain suddenly needs to alter the course of the ship’s journey? Yes? Now, whether you believe it or not, like a rudder of a ship, our words have so much impact on our lives, it can totally change the direction our lives are headed. The impact of our words on our lives cannot be overemphasized and a lot of people know this.

What a lot of people don’t know is that this impact is not instantaneous.

We need to sincerely understand that words (either positive or negative) are seeds. We can’t plant them today and come back tomorrow with our baskets, ready for harvest. It just doesn’t work like that. Our words even though very powerful, are very subtle in piecing together the effect they are going to take in our lives. We need to understand this, so we wouldn’t for once let it cross our minds that our words are ineffective.

Back to what I was saying. Have you seen when the sailor announces that the ship needs to make a turn? Probably in the face of a turbulence or something. Can you count how many times he turns the rudder? I guess even the sailor can’t count that. He keeps spinning, spinning and spinning the rudder and the ship slowly (almost unnoticeably) turns. The rudder may turn 360 degrees but the ship doesn’t turn 360 degrees.

That is just how our words affect our lives. Even though most of us understand the importance of saying positive things and making needed affirmations, the problem is that we feel there isn’t any change, and then we stop! We sometimes think these words aren’t working; when in fact they have gradually started turning our lives around.

The sailor never turns the rudder a little and immediately goes to check if the ship turns. He isn’t a novice with ships, and no matter how small the rudder is in comparison to the ship, he doesn’t leave it to go and check if the ship is even turning at all. He keeps spinning the rudder till the ship is set on a new course.

On the contrary,the mistake most people make is they leave their duty post of making positive affirmations to check their lives to see the effect. Let me ask you a question, have you noticed the exact point your hair grew? Or have you ever noticed yourself adding an inch to your height?

The fact is the repetition of affirmations lead to change. I mean we need to have said it to a stage we don’t even know we are saying it; we literally catch ourselves saying it.

If you want to see the very obvious effect of positive words in your life, then don’t stop saying those words. Don’t even stop to check. Just keep saying it and embodying the words you say. I repeat, just keep saying it. One day, you’ll simply realize that your words have changed your life. In fact you start exhibiting the change before it occurs to you that you have changed.

Enjoy the rest of your day guys.