Speechless...

You don't need to be validated; you are already valuable. We open ourselves to our own path once not distracted by the opinions of others. We have all taken opinions about our beauty, our creativity, our body shapes and our abilities and have realized the power of speech to stick in the mind and influence us. Few seconds emotionally charged words affect us for years. Speech can hurt or heal; it can start wars or resolve an argument; it can encourage confidence in a person or destroy it.

The power of speech spoken aloud or voiced in our heads combines sound and purpose to navigate our world. We constantly use the power of speech to create our world we live in which can be boring, full of anxiety and disasters, or it can be full of joy and positive experiences. How you describe your life is how it will be. We are responsible for our speech and the effect these words have on others. Each word that is spoken has a vibration of sound, which is never lost. There is a great responsibility in what is said and what is set in motion through our speech.

To harness the power of speech, using it in a good way in life is a daily challenge…..

One first needs to know how to listen…..allow yourself to be silent to truly hear. Be open to what you are hearing. Be daring and brave, not selective.

For listening one first needs to know how to learn. To learn from one and all; from what takes place around you and within you. To learn that the opportunity to learn is everywhere.

For learning one first needs to know that if life is to be lived it must surely be learned. Love, fear, ambition, vision, children, meaning, happiness, growing old, spirituality, God, marriage, peace—even laughter—each must be learned.

We must strive to embody what it means to learn, to listen and only then to speak. The words of the wise are heard softly, more than the shout. A gentle reply turns away wrath, but a distressing word stirs up anger.

 “The wise ones fashioned speech with their thought, sifting it as grain is sifted through a sieve”.....Buddha