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The
Power of Healthy Words
By Patricia Wagner
How would you like to
improve how you relate to others and become more
energetic at the same time without having to
purchase anything?
Here's a surprising truth - one of the most
powerful weapons to enhance your life is your
own tongue!
A powerful pep zapper is distress over troubled
relationships! Worrying about them can quickly
siphon off needed energy. So why not try a more
effective way to resolve these problems?
Here's a simple five-point plan for improving
relationships and increasing your energy level
at the same time.
1. Practice speaking encouraging words
instead of negative ones.
Concentrate on the qualities in other people
that you can affirm and dwell on those things
instead of on their faults. This alone should do
wonders in relieving stress in your
relationships.
Doctors know that prolonged anxiety harms you,
but healing words can soothe stress and a
peaceful mind leads to improved physical health
too.
What we say can have a permanent effect for good
or for evil. Think back in your own life when
someone encouraged you. You still remember what
they said, don't you?
We store in our minds in a kind of mental art
gallery what others have said to us. What words
of yours would you like to have permanently
installed in someone else's mind?
2. Avoid fueling verbal fires.
When someone starts to blow up all over you, be
careful about your response. Why burn your
relationship house down with your own mouth? Try
spraying water on an argument with calm words
instead of using a flame-thrower.
How many marriages have been destroyed when in a
fit of anger people spew out hurtful accusations
to one another that are never forgotten. You
might as well punch a hole in a feather pillow
and let the feathers fly all over the place and
then try to collect them one by one! You can't
get back the damaging effects of those hurtful
words either.
Want to free yourself from an entrapping verbal
situation? Practice waiting a while before
answering someone when you're angry. Then
carefully choose what you are going to say. Your
reply could well be remembered for the rest of
the other person's life!
"A soft answer turns away wrath, but a
harsh word stirs up anger" (Proverbs 15:1
NKJV).
3. Don't be a motormouth.
Listen more than you talk and think about what
you're going to say before you say it. Don't
just blurt out whatever is on your mind.
People who constantly chatter on and on about
themselves and their opinions strain their
relationships. If you enjoy monopolizing
conversations, think about what other people may
be experiencing when they're with you.
Also, the more you talk, the more likely you'll
be to put your foot in your mouth. That's known
as "foot-in-mouth disease!" So think
before you let something out that you'll regret
saying.
4. Nip hurtful speech in the bud by carefully
choosing your thoughts.
If you could put what you're thinking on a CD,
what would you entitle it? Thought patterns will
come out sooner or later in your conversations.
Abraham Lincoln is remembered as being one of
the United States of America's greatest
presidents. But he experienced many failures
along the way. These failures were in the areas
of formal education (which was very limited),
business, farming and in obtaining desired
political offices.
If Abraham Lincoln had thought of himself as a
loser when he failed so many times in life, he
would have been unable to fulfill his destiny.
5. Pray for healing words to tap the Source
of wisdom.
Consider praying about what you are saying.
Here's a to-the-point prayer:
"Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep
the door of my lips" ( Psalms 141:3).
Want to have a better life? Choose better words!
Start afresh today to create beautiful art-word
exhibitions in other people's minds with loving
and caring words.
About The Author
Patricia Wagner offers informative tips on
living a more energetic lifestyle at http://www.a-to-z-wellness.com.
She is also an artist and you can view her
original paintings at http://www.artbywagner.com.
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