My mom has had a saying since I cannot remember when, it's one of those you know there is truth behind it, but you still have to roll your eyes at it sometimes because you hear it so much. She says, "Be careful of your words, you can speak something into existence, they have power!" Now normally this is said to someone (usually one of us children) when we say something negatively. And it is a wonderful reminder not to speak negatively about someone else, and even more so you shouldn't speak negatively about ourselves.
It is so easy to do something rashly, then hit yourself in the forehead and say, "Doh! I'm such the idiot" But we shouldn't say things like that, even if we mean it sarcastically, we may be speaking something into existence in our lives, it may be at that very moment you are breaking down your self esteem wall, one brick at a time. And I have learned that my self esteem wall doesn't have a whole lot of bricks in it to begin with! It does not take many negative thoughts or harmful words (even meant innocently) to have your self esteem down to nothing at all.
We don't know how many bricks in the "self esteem wall" our friends, neighbors, or the homeless guy on the street has left. Remember, your POWERFUL words, may be the destruction of someone's last brick.
I leave you with two scriptures to back this up. I pray that I follow the first one and stay away from the death in words of the second.
"Wise words satisfy like a good meal;
the right words bring satisfaction."
Proverbs 18:20
"The tongue can bring death or life;
those who love to talk will reap the consequences."
Proverbs 18:21
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