Stop Saying those Words, they’re Killing You
By: Michael Mints
Tags: Affirmations, Positive Thinking, Leadership, Power Words

Plant Positivity

“Words are seeds that do more than blow around. They land in our hearts and not the ground. Be careful what you plant and careful what you say. You might have to eat what you planted one day.” -Unknown

I grew up on the farm. And one of the important things you learn on the farm is that you will not reap a crop you haven’t planted. If you expect to reap a harvest you must plant the seed. If you want to reap corn you must plant corn. If you plant weeds or thorns, you will reap weeds and thorns.

“Dad, why would you plant weeds and thorns?” — My daughter

“Exactly, why would you knowingly, plant weeds and thorns!” — Me

Life works the same way. If we want positive things to happen in our lives, then we must plant positivity in our lives. We must Speak Life (positivity) into every aspect of our lives. It’s not something that we do once and then we’re done. It’s something we must do every day.

If you’re not Speaking Life, then you’re speaking death (negativity), and death is all you can expect to reap or receive. You must stop saying Death statements like these:

I’ll never have enough money/time

Nobody cares about me

Why am I such a loser, I’ll never be successful

I don’t have enough talent

There’s no one out there for me

Life is so unfair

I’m not smart enough

The Universe is against me

Why do they get all the breaks

The Power of Words

“Words have energy and power with the ability to help, to heal, to hinder, to hurt, to harm, to humiliate, and to humble.” -Yehuda Berg

Negative thinking and negative talk forces you to reap unnecessary stress, anxiety, depression, problems with relationships, and difficulties at work. Problems that could have otherwise been avoided, if only you had been focused on being positive.

You might say “WOW”, those are some pretty heavy-duty statements. Agreed, but unfortunately both negativity and positivity bear fruit, and if success in life is your aim, then we have no time for negative fruit.

There’s amazing power in your words. Your words have the power of life and death. It’s been proven over and over, that your words have the power to mend, to heal, to encourage, to inspire, and to motivate.

The positive words you tell yourself and those around you have a direct impact on YOUR thinking, and subsequently your life. To Speak Life, you have to speak it OUT LOUD!! I know it sounds crazy, and yes you may look or sound a little crazy doing it, but it’s okay. You need to state it out loud.

Speak out loud your purpose and your intention. Shout out loud your goals and what you expect for your future. Don’t just envision them, openly state out loud your intentions for the universe, and everyone else to hear. More importantly for you and your subconscious to hear.

Not “I hope, or I wish, or I want,” But “I am, I will, and I have!”

The Power of Thoughts

“If we understood the power of our thoughts, we would guard them more closely. If we understood the awesome power of our words, we would prefer silence to almost anything negative. In our thoughts and words, we create our weaknesses and our strengths.” Betty Eadie

When you declare it and decide to state it as fact. Your subconscious hears it and receives it as fact. This is going to work for you, because life is 10% what happens to us, and 90% how we think about it, react to it and respond to it.

There are very few things in life you can control. How you think, what you say and how you respond in a crisis and difficult circumstances are things that you definitely CAN control.

The power you’re looking for in life is in YOUR thoughts and YOUR tongue. Speak life into your circumstances, and what you want. Speak life into who you are, and into who you’re becoming. Speak life into your goals, dreams, and aspirations. Speak life into your work, your marriage, your family, your relationships, your career, your health, and your finances. Speak life into the future you’re creating.

Let your OWN words be the motivation, the inspiration, and the power that drives how you think, and what you say. Let the power of your positive thoughts, propel you down the path of becoming the person you want to be.

Be Careful the House YOU Build

“The words you speak become the house you live in.” — Hafiz

When you boil it all down Speaking Life is all about having a POSITIVE ATTITUDE. It’s about Speaking positivity into your life, and the lives of the people around you. You obviously can’t control your circumstances; bad things happen to good people all the time. What you can control is your ATTITUDE towards those circumstances, and the WORDS you use about them.

They’ll either be building up your life or tearing it down. What you think and say to yourself in response to life’s circumstances will determine the life you eventually build.

Life’s ups and downs, and pain and suffering will either be happening FOR you or to you. If they are happening for you, then everything that happens, and everything you say to yourself, will be helping you and assisting you to learn.

As a result, you will grow, develop, and conquer the things in your life that will eventually cause huge success in the areas that are most important to you.

There is no in-between. You must let your attitude reflect your positive thinking, and the words you say to yourself and others. In every aspect of your life, a POSITIVE ATTITUDE will be the key. Your positive attitude today will determine the level of your success, and the house you build for yourself tomorrow.

Be the Positive Light the People Around You Need

When you speak life, you are speaking positivity, hope, and love. What is the opposite of life… Death. The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit.” — Proverb

There is so much negativity in this world that people are desperate to be around positive people, and have positive influences in their lives, and the lives of their families.

The world is screaming out for someone like you, who will speak life into them. Someone who will be a positive influence in their life, and the lives of their family, friends, and co-workers.

You should be that someone. You should be the one speaking positivity, hope, and love into their life. You should be the one sharing the power of life, forever changing the lives of the people you care about, and the lives of people around you.

What is your attitude towards the things that are happening in your life?

What needs to happen for you to start thinking, reacting, and responding with a POSITIVE ATTITUDE?

What needs to happen today, for you to know and believe, that life is happening FOR you?

What would have to happen for YOU to be the someone who speaks life into the people around you?

(I encourage you to take a minute, and journal the answers to these questions.)

It’s up to you. Do you want your life to be overflowing with positivity? Do you want people around you to comment on how positive you are all of the time, and how much they enjoy having you in their lives?

Do you want to overcome your past, create and live an amazing present, and be excited about your future?

It’s up to you, be careful what you say to you, and the people around you. Your words are either killing you, or they’re creating an amazing life FOR you.