The Power of Healthy Words

How would you like to improve how you relate to others and nbecome more energetic at the same time without having to npurchase anything? nnHere's a surprising truth - one of the most powerful weapons nto enhance your life is your own tongue! nnA powerful pep zapper is distress over troubled nrelationships! Worrying about them can quickly siphon off nneeded energy. So why not try a more effective way to nresolve these problems? nnHere's a simple five-point plan for improving relationships nand increasing your energy level at the same time. nn1. Practice speaking encouraging words instead of negative nones. nnConcentrate on the qualities in other people that you can naffirm and dwell on those things instead of on their faults. nThis alone should do wonders in relieving stress in your nrelationships. nnDoctors know that prolonged anxiety harms you, but healing nwords can soothe stress and a peaceful mind leads to nimproved physical health too. nnWhat we say can have a permanent effect for good or for nevil. Think back in your own life when someone encouraged nyou. You still remember what they said, don't you? nnWe store in our minds in a kind of mental art gallery what nothers have said to us. What words of yours would you like nto have permanently installed in someone else's mind? nn2. Avoid fueling verbal fires. nnWhen someone starts to blow up all over you, be careful nabout your response. Why burn your relationship house down nwith your own mouth? Try spraying water on an argument with ncalm words instead of using a flame-thrower. nnHow many marriages have been destroyed when in a fit of nanger people spew out hurtful accusations to one another nthat are never forgotten. You might as well punch a hole in na feather pillow and let the feathers fly all over the place nand then try to collect them one by one! You can't get back nthe damaging effects of those hurtful words either. nnWant to free yourself from an entrapping verbal situation? nPractice waiting a while before answering someone when nyou're angry. Then carefully choose what you are going to nsay. Your reply could well be remembered for the rest of the nother person's life! nn"A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up nanger" (Proverbs 15:1 NKJV). nn3. Don't be a motormouth.nnListen more than you talk and think about what you're going nto say before you say it. Don't just blurt out whatever is non your mind. nnPeople who constantly chatter on and on about themselves and ntheir opinions strain their relationships. If you enjoy nmonopolizing conversations, think about what other people nmay be experiencing when they're with you. nnAlso, the more you talk, the more likely you'll be to put nyour foot in your mouth. That's known as "foot-in-mouth ndisease!" So think before you let something out that you'll nregret saying. nn4. Nip hurtful speech in the bud by carefully choosing your nthoughts. nnIf you could put what you're thinking on a CD, what would nyou entitle it? Thought patterns will come out sooner or nlater in your conversations. nnAbraham Lincoln is remembered as being one of the United nStates of America's greatest presidents. But he experienced nmany failures along the way. These failures were in the nareas of formal education (which was very limited), business, nfarming and in obtaining desired political offices. nnIf Abraham Lincoln had thought of himself as a loser when he nfailed so many times in life, he would have been unable to nfulfill his destiny. nn5. Pray for healing words to tap the Source of wisdom.nnConsider praying about what you are saying. Here's a nto-the-point prayer: nn"Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my nlips" ( Psalms 141:3). nnWant to have a better life? Choose better words!nnStart afresh today to create beautiful art-word exhibitions nin other people's minds with loving and caring words.