The tongue can be our worst enemy or can be our best friends because words can heal and words can harm. Our words, our dreams, and our thoughts have power to create conditions in our life. What we speak about, we can bring about.

Since love is proved by works and not words alone, what we live is more important than what we say, because the right way of living always leads to the right way of speaking. When we forgive our neighbors from our hearts, our hearts will speak forgiving words. When we are grateful, we will speak grateful words, and when we are hopeful and joyful, we will speak hopeful and joyful words.

When our words come too soon and we are not yet living what we are saying, we easily give double messages. Giving double messages, one with our words and another with our actions, makes us hypocrites. May our lives give us the right words, and may our words lead us to the right lives. Should we, then, keep quiet and not speak at all if we cannot live by what we say?  Can we only speak when we are fully living what we are saying?

If all our words had to cover all our actions, we would be doomed to permanent silence! Sometimes we are called to proclaim God's love even when we are not yet fully able to live it. Does that mean we are hypocrites? 

Nobody completely lives up to his/her own ideals and visions. But by proclaiming our ideals and visions with conviction and great humility, we may gradually grow into the truth we speak. As long as we know that our lives always speak louder that our words, we can trust that our words will remain humble. 

Here are some beautiful words of wisdom derived from a forwarded email which could help us achieve a better and a happier life.

If you keep saying you can't stand your job, you might lose your job.
If you keep saying you can't stand your body, your body can become sick.
If you keep saying that you are sick or ill, guess what you will stay sick or ill.
If you keep saying you can't stand your car, your car could be stolen or just stop operating.
If you keep saying you're broke, guess what? You'll always be broke.
If you keep saying you can't trust someone, you will always find someone in your life to hurt and betray you.
If you keep saying you can't find a job, you will remain unemployed.
If you keep saying you can't find someone to love you or believe in you, your very thought will attract more experiences to confirm your beliefs.

Let's turn our thoughts and conversations around to be more positive and power packed with faith, hope, love and action. Let's not be afraid to believe that we can have what we want and what we deserve.

When we watch our thoughts, they become words. When we watch our words, they become actions. When we watch our actions, they become habits. When we watch our habits, they become our character. When we watch our character, it becomes our destiny.

The minute we settle for less than we deserve, we get even less than we settle for.

I have learned that in the search for me, I discovered truth. In the search for truth, I discovered love. In the search for love, I discovered GOD. And in God, I have found everything.

Let's watch how our circumstances and situations begin to change when we change the way we speak.

Faith makes all things possible. Hope makes all things work. Love makes all things beautiful.

If we plant goodness we reap friends. If we plant honesty, we reap trust. If we plant humility, we reap greatness. If we plant consideration, we reap harmony.

By Tim Pedrosa

 

A pure mind makes pure words. It is said that speech may exalt someone to kingship or send him to the gallows. I should never let myself indulge in false, bitter and vicious speech. My words should reflect my true inner nature that of purity and peace. Words once spoken can never be recalled.