You are what You Say

Have you ever heard the bible verse that says that whatever a man thinks in his heart defines who he is? The same is true of the words which come out of your mouth. They give an accurate picture of just what’s inside of your spirit man because they are the essence of your spirit. If you want to know exactly what you are made up of just listen to the words that you are speaking to others. You may mask your feelings but you can never truly hide them because they come out of your mouth in the form of words. The words are similar to perfume. They carry the molecules of your real thoughts and feelings for other people to sample. You never know what’s in a bottle of perfume until you open it up. Once the aroma hits the atmosphere there is no way to hide it whether it is a good or bad aroma. Have you ever been in a place where everyone may have been having a good time when one person came in and caused the atmosphere of the room to change by the words that they spoke into the atmosphere. The spirit of their words took control of the minds of the rest of the people and caused their spirits to change. By the same token you may have been in a situation which was not good and someone with a positive attitude came in and lifted the spirits of everyone else. I have noticed that the most successful football coaches seem to be the ones who can inspire their teams and whip them into a frenzy by their words. The words that they speak don’t really matter as much as the attitude that they carry over to the team. The team picks up on their enthusiasm and catches fire. I once asked a Colonel in the 82nd Airbo e what was the primary trait that he looked for in leaders and his reply pretty much summed up the deal. He looked for overwhelming enthusiasm. People can sense when you are insincere if they listen to the spirit of your words more so than the actual tone of communication. You can even detect when a polished liar is not being honest because the spirit of his words will be wrong. The polished liar knows on some level that there is a certain convincing spirit which must accompany his lies. An honest person simply tells the truth. When a liar lies he or she tries to sound overly convincing. So if the tone is too smooth you can generally pick it up. The same is true of a parent who constantly yells at his or her children. The children generally don’t obey because they don’t pay attention to the tone of the parent’s voice. They know by the spirit of that parent that they won’t enforce discipline. It is not necessary to yell to try to get a point across. It is necessary to mean what you say. People know when all kidding has been put aside by the tone of a serious voice, but a serious voice must come from a serious spirit. Your voice exudes either self confidence or self doubt. People will know just by the spiritual force which your voice carries. Spiritual force is not necessarily sound or volume. Allow the emotion which you want to convey rule in your mind before you speak. Feel it then speak it. Riceland Enterprises