Words say so much. I don't mean to state the obvious, although I think it would make an awesome title for a novel. Our words truly do reveal so much about it. We have been discussing the power of words in my English class this week and last week. Most of us are taught to watch what we say to others, how to be polite, and to be considerate. What about the internal dialogue that pours through our minds daily? Those are words that we use carelessly and without a second thought. It is so easy for me to speak down to myself in my thoughts. What does that do to me? It tears me down, word by word and thought by thought. It does the same to you.
Our internal dialogue can eat at us like cancer. It has the power to tear people down or to build them up. Our thoughts eventually become actions and if not actions, they become part of our heart and soul. Freedom doesn't always lie in "freedom of speech", but in the freedom of letting old thought patterns die. This isn't anything new and profound, but it's something that all of us hear and then ignore. Why is it that the life-transforming lessons are the ones that go forgotten; we can recite every word to our favorite movie or take YouTube tutorials on french braiding and take it with us to our grave? I will probably wake up in the morning and find the old familiar thoughts dictating my day, self-image, and self-esteem. I will have to read this blog again to remind myself of a lesson that I tried to teach, but didn't learn myself. Maybe choosing to love ourselves as we are and learning to use our words to build up rather than tear down is a lesson we will continually learn. In that case, enroll me in next semester, too.
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