Power of Words

Consider a little girl, Suzie, whose parents and others around her keep telling her that 'she does not know how to get along with others.' Those words may just be stating the obvious and they are based on behavior the parents have observed in Suzie. However, the words themselves are doing much more than stating the obvious. Some call it "telling it like it is." Suzie later finds herself in her teenage years isolated. She finds it hard to make friends with others and when she does, she does something to drive them away. Why? It is because Suzie 'does not know how to get along with others.'

Those words given to the child have become her prison. She has heard the words all her life and has believed it. Those words are what Suzie is. The parents get to say, "see, we always said you do not know how to get along with others." They pat themselves on the back as if they possess some kind of mystic power to foresee someone's life. The real truth is that they helped formed the person's life, by their words. [unknowingly].

It will take a change of thinking to correct Suzie's life. That is right, her life needs to change. It took words to form that life, and it will take words to change it. Now, people who grab hold of this truth typically approach it in the following way: Suzie may say, "I know how to get along with others." Saying those words to herself, with time and change of thinking, she will find her life changing, especially in relationships. Another way to go about it is to not use the same words. She can say something that is opposite of what she has heard all her life, but using different words. For example, Suzie can say, "I love people and they are attracted to me."

Those words are foreign to Suzie's mind, but with time, they will replace the former words that have hindered her. When Suzie becomes convinced that she does love people and people are attracted to her, that life will begin to manifest.

This illustration of Suzie is one that reveals the power of words from a negative standpoint. It can be done from a positive standpoint as well. Encourage your children if you have them. Encourage yourself always. Think of your own life and see where you are and then ask, "what words of my past helped formed the life I now live?" You will be surprised by what you find.

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