Power of Words & Language

Power of Words & Language

There is a real power to words! They carry so much weight, in a particular combination and delivered in certain way, they can arouse emotions and senses. What was the most beautiful thing someone has ever said to you? Revisit that experience…. How do you feel? Think of your words as a beautiful dance, how it intertwines with our thoughts and emotions. One single sentence can change your moment, you’re your life!

Language plays a major role in how we perceive the world and words and phrases can influence us. Just changing one word can change the energy. For example, if I were to say, “girls are as good as boys at sport,” because of the statement’s structure, it implies that being good at sport is more common for boys than girls.

Words we speak to others and the thoughts we feed our minds, create our personal lives. These stories shape and create our realities. This is the power of language. Everyday phrases we can change to change our perception and how we feel. Most people will say, “I’m exhausted, why not say, “I need to rest”, or when asked how you doing, instead of saying, “can’t complain”, say, “everything is going well!” not only will this change your perception but the person you speaking to as well. Over time, you will see a distinct difference in your life as you feed your mind the correct words and phrases that will shape a better you.

The way your parents spoke to you had an influence on the way you think and speak and likewise with the way you speak to your children. Keeping this in mind, isn’t it time to change our way of speaking and thinking and influence the way others speak and think? Speaking in a positive way may also assist with people complying to our requests.

Have you ever noticed, when you are in the company of someone that has a pattern of speaking negatively, how exhausting it is? As mush as you try, you can’t change the way they think or their outlook on the world. As exhausting as it is for you, can you imagine what it must be like to be that person. Who wants to be that person? Not me! Remember we have a tendency to learn and repeat the things we’ve heard all our lives. Don’t be too quick to blame someone for having a negative mindset, as it may be learnt behaviour but when you do speak to them, try affirming the positive all the time and hopefully they can re-learn this new way of speaking and thinking.

We all have negative thoughts from time to time, but holding onto those thoughts can impact our life in, dare I say it, a negative way and sabotage our ability to improve. So how do we stop these negative thoughts from arising? There are many techniques to implant positive thoughts and feelings into our mind, but we focusing more on the power of words in this particular instance. This does not mean we will never again have negative thoughts but just be aware of them and try and change your thoughts when they arise as not remain in that mindset. Someone asked, but are thoughts language? Well everyone has a different opinion because thoughts can be visual, emotional, etc… but don’t we always describe everything in words?

Using positive words and phrases also helps you feel good, knowing you making someone else feel uplifted in the process and as said before, when asking someone to do a particular task, asking in a positive manner will assist in them cooperating with you. Not to mention, constantly using negative words will not only affect your self esteem and courage but theirs as well.

Sometimes coming up with positive words can be challenging, but with practice this will become a breeze and you will find better and more positive ways to get your point across. Sometimes we respond too quickly, we speak before we think and sometimes we will catch ourselves repeating something negative we heard as a child or sometime in our lives, if this happens to you, just think of a positive way of saying the same thing and store it for the next time.

Change your words, change your life.