The Wrong Words can KILL YOU!

Why are the Words YOU Speak so Important?

“Words are seeds that do more than blow around. They land in our hearts and not the ground. Be careful what you plant and careful what you say. You might have to eat what you planted one day.” -Unknown

Because the words you use are more powerful than you know, they have the power to help you become and achieve incredible things, or they can also beat you down to the point that you believe there's no hope.

Because you use words to express yourself to people, you use words to describe yourself, the experiences you've had in life, and the feelings attached to those experiences.

Because when you meet people and tell them who you are and about yourself, you're using words and feelings based on experiences. How you view those experiences positively or negatively will determine the kind of words you use.

When someone asks you how you are doing, you could respond with an apathetic,?“I’m OK”?or?“I’m fine,”?or you can choose to say?enthusiastically, “I’m feeling great, life is good!”? It feels awkward to use such positive words if they don’t fit your typical conversation or don't match what you're currently feeling, but don't worry.

As you shift to regularly using positive words, it will feel better. By choosing to use words that create happiness and enthusiasm, you'll be amazed how quickly it changes your outlook on life. You’ll start to see positive situations lining up in your life.

If you want positive things to happen in your life, you must speak positivity into every aspect of your life. It’s not something you do once, and then you’re done; it’s something you do every day; it becomes who you are!

Here's what it sounds like from both sides:

‘I’ll never have enough money or time.”?vs.?“I’m going to keep working towards my goals because time and money are coming.”

“Nobody cares about me.”?vs.?“I’m so blessed to have ALL these people in my life.”

“Why am I such a loser? I’ll never be successful.”?vs.?“Every day I’m learning, and I’m growing towards my vision of my future self.”

“I don’t have enough talent.”?vs.?“There’s nothing I need to know that I can’t learn or find the right people to help me.”

“There’s no one out there for me.”?vs.?“Finding the right person for my life is one of my top goals; I’m going to find them.”

“Life is so unfair”?vs.?“Life is what I make it.”

“I’m not smart enough.”?vs.?“There’s nothing I can't find the answer to; all the information in the world is at my fingertips.”

“The Universe is against me.”?vs.?“As long as I keep my goals in front of me, moving towards my future, the Universe will conspire to help me.”

The Power of YOUR Words

“Words have energy and power with the ability to help, to heal, to hinder, to hurt, to harm, to humiliate, and to humble.” -Yehuda Berg

Negative thinking and negative talk force you to reap unnecessary stress, anxiety, depression, problems with relationships, and difficulties at work. Issues that could have otherwise been avoided if only you had been focused on being positive.

You might say,?“WOW,”?a pretty heavy-duty statement, Mike. Agreed, but unfortunately, both negativity and positivity bear fruit in your life whether you like it or not, and if success in life is your aim, you have no time for negative fruit.

There’s amazing power in your words. Your words have the power of life and death. It’s been proven over and over that your words have the power to mend, heal, encourage, inspire, and motivate.

The positive words you tell yourself and those around you directly impact your thinking and your life. Speaking positivity in your life requires YOU to say it OUT LOUD! I know it sounds crazy, and yes, you may look or sound a little crazy doing it, but it’s okay.

Speak out loud your purpose and your intention. Shout out loud your goals and what you expect for your future. Don’t just envision them, openly state them out loud for the universe and everyone else to hear. More importantly, for you and your subconscious to hear. Your words and voice have more impact on your thinking and subconscious that ANYTHING!

Not?“I hope, or I wish, or I won't,”?But?“I am, I will, and I have!”?

Speak about these things you want as if they've already occurred.

The Power of YOUR Thoughts

“If you understood the power of your thoughts, you would guard them more closely. If you understood the awesome power of your words, you would prefer silence to almost anything negative. You create your weaknesses and strengths in your thoughts and words.” Betty Eadie (reread this.)

When you declare it and decide to state it as fact, your subconscious hears it and receives it as fact. You've heard this before "Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we think about it, react to it and respond to it."

There are very few things in life you can control. You definitely can control how you think, what you say, and how you respond in a crisis and difficult circumstances.

The power you’re looking for in life is in YOUR thoughts and YOUR tongue. Speak life into your circumstances and what you want. Speak positivity into who you are and into who you’re becoming. Speak life over your goals, relationships, career, health, and finances. Speak positively about the future you’re creating.

Let YOUR words be the motivation, inspiration, and power that drive how you think and what you say. Let the power of your positive thoughts propel you down the path of becoming the person you want to become.

Be Careful the Kind of House You Build

“The words you speak become the house you live in.” — Hafiz

When you boil it all down, Speaking Life is about having a positive attitude or mindset. It’s about speaking positivity into your life and the lives of the people around you. You obviously can’t control your circumstances; bad things happen to good people all the time.

What you CAN control; is your attitude towards those circumstances and the words you use about them.

They either build you up or tear it down. What you think and say to yourself in response to life’s circumstances will determine the life you eventually build.

Life’s ups and downs and pain and suffering will either happen FOR you or to you. If they are happening FOR you, then everything that happens, and everything you say to yourself, will be helping and assisting you to learn and grow.

As a result, you will grow, develop, and conquer the things in your life that will eventually cause massive success in the most critical areas.

There is no in-between. You must let your attitude reflect your positive thinking and the words you say to yourself and others. A positive attitude and mindset will be the key in every aspect of your life.

Your positive mindset today will determine the level of your success and the house you build for yourself tomorrow.

Be a Positive Light to the People Around YOU

When you speak life, you speak positivity, hope, and love. What is the opposite of life… Death. The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit.” — Proverb

There is so much negativity in this world that people are desperate to be around positive people and have positive influences in their lives and the lives of their families.

The world is screaming out for someone like you who will speak life into them. Someone who will positively influence their lives and their family, friends, and co-workers.

You should be that someone. You should be the one speaking positivity, hope, and love into their life. You should be the one sharing the power of life, forever changing the lives of the people you care about and the people around you.

• What is your attitude towards the things that are happening in your life?
• What needs to happen for you to start thinking, reacting, and responding with a POSITIVE ATTITUDE?
• What needs to happen today to know and believe that life is happening FOR you?
• What would have to happen for YOU to be someone who speaks life and positivity into the lives of the people around you?

(I encourage you to take a minute and journal the answers to these questions, stop and take just a moment to contemplate these questions, and record what you're thinking.)

Final Thought

It’s up to you. Do you want your life to be overflowing with positivity? Do you want people around you to comment on how positive you are all of the time and how much they enjoy having YOU in their lives?

Do you want to overcome your past, create and live a fantastic present, and be excited about your future?

It’s up to you, be careful what you say to YOU and the people around you. Your words are either killing you or creating an incredible life FOR you.