Words: Making You or Breaking You

Words, words, words. People simply think of them as that – just words. "Sticks and stones can break my bones, but words can never hurt me." One has probably heard of that famous line however those who have said that are mistaken. Words are not as harmless as some may think. Words can either hurt one badly or lift one’s spirits up. Constantly, words are there and continue to help us get through in life. Words generate expectations, possibilities, illustrations and impressions. Words help build relationships. They influence how people think since one’s thoughts determine one’s actions. Words can deeply wound people, heal hearts or even save lives. Words have the power to break confidence in one’s self, build relations that could last a life time or launch a fight in an instant. Words have as much positive effects as it has negative effects but most importantly, words, whether thought of or spoken, have a very powerful effect on how people may see the world, make their choices and in their decision-making. It can either build or destroy as said in the Bible in Proverbs 18:21 “Death and Life are in the power of the tongue…”

There has been a lot of research done as regards to the connection between the words we reflect on or verbalize and how that can affect the power of our mind and thoughts and how that, in turn, can affect how one might visualize the things they may see. You see, the mind is a very powerful thing. It has been said that the average person only uses ten percent of what the mind can actually do yet it already has tremendous power. It has the power to digest and accumulate hundreds and thousands of information and is able to retrieve a certain piece of information from thousands whenever considered necessary. It has been mentioned in a research that when people say more of something, the more that they will believe it and the more that they believe it, the more they will say it. Our thoughts are very important and influential and most often, our