Positive Affirmations/Self Love/Self Healing/Overcoming Trauma
How You Speak When No One Is Listening Determines Your Happiness
Because someone is always listening
Everyone knows there is power behind our words. Our parents and teachers instilled it into our little minds hoping we would grow up kind and compassionate adults.
The lessons taught us how what we say can affect how others view the world and themselves. Do we lift up or tear one another down?
There is a lot of weight to what we say and our words can be used for both positive and negative outcomes.
But what about what we say to ourselves?
Is there power in those words?
We can all agree what we speak makes an impression on others. Now consider how the words you say to yourself can affect how you feel and think about what you are facing.
Are you using the same type of words when you speak to yourself? Do your words convey encouragement, love, compassion? Or are you criticizing, angry, condescending?
Lessons learned/lessons shared
Estacious(Charles White) has written a great piece about fixing our negative mindset, which I found intuitive and well-grounded in facts.
He provides specific information on how to alter our negative thinking to positive with some practical tips. When we bring positivity to our lives, more than just our mood is improved. Estacious(Charles White) explains how our body and mind gain long-term benefits from these subtle changes in behavior.
Nancy Blackman provides a different perspective on how our validation and hope can be relative to outward affirmations. In her newsletter, scribbles of a hapa, she reminds us how easily we put our hope in others to be kind to us, but as she writes, humans are fallible.
A human can deliver a message of hope, but I’ve been hurt enough times to know that people make mistakes. — Nancy Blackman
She shares the moment she discovers her faith and how it plays out in her life. Her relationship with her creator helps Nancy realize her intrinsic value and carries this message of inspiration in her writing.
Currently, my hope rests in how I listen to the tender whispers of God and how that shapes my path. — Nancy Blackman
Choosing to be positive and kind to ourselves sounds easy, and for some of us, it may be. Unfortunately, many people are hurting in this world and fail to realize they have the key within their grasp.
A fellow author, Patricia Haddock, whom I met late last fall is an example of someone who has found their way through the darkness of self-doubt and self-loathing. She writes about how the negativity in her words was affecting her life. Patricia’s story is heartbreaking and heroic as she details her trauma and struggles to find self-acceptance and love through positive affirmations.
These writers touched me in their writing through their honesty and vulnerability. I believe we can all relate to at least one of these remarkable people and learn some valuable lessons.
Our words have the power to influence the world. More importantly, they have the power to influence us, and then we can change the world.
Speak kindly to yourself. You are important.
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