The power of our words

Whenever we are in front of a child we speak carefully, because we don’t want them to learn incorrect or disrespectful words. We know that the word creates, that it sets an example and designates everything that surrounds us. Transmitting to the little ones the beauty of language and what we can achieve through it is without a doubt our greatest responsibility.

Words define reality and, in turn, shape action, coexistence and also what we conceive of as humanity today. Let’s think about it: language is the most exceptional competence of the homo genus, that ability that distinguished us from the rest of the species to allow us to advance and be what we are now.

That is also why nothing is as important as “thinking before speaking”. It is through communication that we build our relationships of respect or aggressiveness. With it we create closeness or distance. Taking these small aspects into account should help us be more responsible, and not only in the upbringing and education of children by setting an example for them. We cannot forget that the way we speak to ourselves is also synonymous with well-being or suffering.

Words have the power to create and destroy

Our words have the power to create and the power to destroy. The best example of this can be seen in a friendship or a relationship. Any word that is out of place or that could generate some type of misunderstanding may cause that bond to break.

Even the absence of words can cause some kind of problem. In relationships, especially, communication is extremely important. However, there is always some secret or something that is not told to the couple “for their own good” and that ends up leading to a series of conflicts that are very difficult to address and overcome.

But, the reach of our words is much more powerful. His ability to create and destroy is also applicable to ourselves.. Not listening to ourselves, giving ourselves negative statements and repressing what we want to say are some of the many ways in which we will hurt ourselves, feel frustrated and in which, perhaps, we will manage to feed low self-esteem.

The importance of positive self-talk

If you don’t say nice words to yourself, no one will. Because how you see yourself, that’s how others will see you. We have learned to dedicate these words to others, but what about us? It seems that we do not know how to give ourselves the value we deserve, we put ourselves in second place and this causes numerous problems. It is then when the “I am incapable” or “I cannot” echo in our lives, becoming a reality.

Thus, experts on the subject such as Dr. Ian Burkit, from the University of Bradford, do not point out in a study that This ‘micro dialogue’ also allows us to construct ourselves or even ‘deconstruct ourselves’.‘. We know that words have power, but those that we address to ourselves have immense significance for our psychological well-being.

Re-educating our vocabulary

At this point, it would be ideal to reeducate, feed and restore our vocabulary. As we grow and mature we lose our innocence. This can cause our ability to grow to decrease. Thus, we begin to doubt ourselves, to see the negative and the ugly, instead of the positive and beautiful, to distrust before knowing.

With everyday expressions like “Is there no food?” or “Is there food?” At first glance the question is practically the same, but in the first one we are already conditioning that THERE IS NOT. Therefore, a series of statements begin to emerge such as:

I’m poor.
Don’t have.
I am incapable.
I don’t know.
I won’t even try.

If I say I can’t, it’s true, I can’t! But if I say yes I can! It’s also true because I said it too. The words DO NOT TAKE AWAY WITH THE WIND, they remain hooked in our mind and in our heart and thus they direct our lives, along the path that we indicate. Words build external and internal realities and that is something that we must keep in mind every day.

If our vocabulary is poor and pessimistic, so will our life. We want abundance, we want peace, we want to be happy, etc., but with our mouths we declare the opposite. When incoherence permeates our existence, what we desire will never come true.

Our future depends on our words, so let’s start changing our lives, taking care of the words we say and the way we speak. Let’s do it as if we were always surrounded by children and our life will take the path we want to travel.

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