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“Positive Speaker” - Week 4
“An anxious heart weighs a man down, but a kind word cheers him up” (Proverbs 12:25, NIV).
Spoken words are so powerful. They really do have a tremendous effect on those to whom they are spoken. It is sad when the spoken words are negative and they cause a negative effect. It is even sadder when we allow those words to continue in bringing negative thoughts for a lengthy time. If we choose not to change, those thoughts will rob us of so much. In my case it would have continued to rob me of the beauty and the colorful splendor of the fall season. Since menopause, I no longer enjoy the hot weather, so when fall and winter bring the cool weather in, I am so happy. It’s hard to believe that I rarely put a coat on even if it is snowing. HA! Some of you will have no trouble believing me! I wish my grandmother had spoken positive words of how she just couldn’t wait until fall and winter were past and spring would come. I wish she had looked forward to seeing one more spring instead of fearing one more fall and winter. I know if her words had been positive instead of negative, they would have influenced me in a much better way. However, she didn’t speak positive, so therefore I have had to change my way of thinking and see the beauty instead of the dread. I did learn a lesson from all this. I really try to speak positively of the past, the present, and the future so that my kids and grandkids will remember the past, appreciate the present and look forward to the future with good thoughts instead of bad. God spoke the world into creation. Since we are made in His divine image, it is no different with us. We too create with words. Speaking positive words will make us feel so much better about ourselves. Through positive words we can comfort, encourage, console, support, build self-confidence and lift others up. The power of positive speaking is more than a way to bring good to oneself; it also brings good to others. When spoken, positive words help us cease to be negative, cynical and critical as we become happier, more appreciative and more content. Try it. It works.
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This morning when we walked into the morning air, it was as if you could feel the fall season approaching. It was cool, crisp and almost amber in color. I thought of how I used to dread fall so much. You might ask, “How could you dread fall”? I thought about that too and came to the conclusion that it was because of a statement that I used to hear my grandmother make at the beginning of the fall season. She would say, “Well, fall is just about here and I dread it so much because it will bring winter. I don’t know if I will make it through another winter or not.” That would frighten me because of the thought that she might die. For some reason, that statement always does its best to come to my mind when it is time for fall.