Our Words Create Worlds

Here’s the summary of this entire post: Our words matter. Choose them intentionally.

The words we speak, the words we think, the words we feel - they matter. In each moment of our lives we have the opportunity to choose: speak and think our words intentionally, or repeat the words we’ve inherited.

We tend to think of our words as describing. But our words aren't simply describing - they're creating.

When we speak, we’re creating a world for the person listening to us. And the world we create is contagious.

We complain about a colleague, and the person listening will likely inherit at least some part of our contagious complaint (the ideas of it and/or the energy of it).

A rainy day. Is it dreary? Is it gross? Is it ugly? Is it cozy? Is it refreshing? Is it beautiful? Is it life-giving?

We think our words are describing! They’re not merely describing, they’re creating. 

Do you want more proof of this? Go talk to someone about something that really frustrates you. Feel the energy of your frustration flare up like a fire in a draft! Notice how the other person has their own emotional and energetic response to what you're sharing.

Our language carries with it an energy that we can feel. Speak these two sentences out loud and see if you can feel the difference:

I want to be healthy, but I don’t want to exercise.

vs 

I want to be healthy, and I don’t want to exercise.

Can you feel that difference? If you can’t, say them again - out loud. Even if it’s subtle, It feels more powerful to say AND. 

BUT uses the second part of the sentence to negate the first part - BUT diminishes what comes before the BUT and emphasizes what comes after it. AND makes room for both, validates both, and leaves room for possibility. BUT shuts down possibility in a case like this, where AND leaves room for it.

Here’s another one:

I want to be healthy.

vs

I commit to being healthy.

Try saying those two sentences out loud. Which one feels more powerful?

I’m more interested in impactful. Practical. Powerful. Freeing. Accurate. Insightful. 

This is not theory! I know much of this blog reads as philosophy. I do love philosophy. Please, though, hear this: I only write about what I've tested, felt, witnessed, or used in transformational experiences for myself and others. 

We, as conscious beings, literally are the space of infinite possibility inside of which all experience and all perceptions and all feelings arise. Yes, we build up gunk in our minds, bodies, hearts, souls, and relationships over the years, but we also have self-cleaning features built into us to clean those messes up and to create gold and gems from them.

We aren’t victims to the language of our minds, mouths, families, and cultures. We are agents of our words. Our words do in fact create worlds, and I am committed to being intentional with the words I place into the sacred space of my mind, body, heart, soul, and relationships.

Our words matter. Choose them intentionally.

Much Love. ❤️