A 'mouth problem' - The Power of Words

This morning I began thinking about how our childhood's have a major impact on how we relate to each other in our adult lives. We tend to carry over the 'good', 'bad' and 'traumatic' experiences of our childhood.
Words are powerful. Think about how 'GREAT' you feel when you receive praise from a co-worker, friend, or family member. Conversely, think about the mean comments that a family member or stranger lashes out at you with. You feel hurt and angry. We must 'watch' the WORDS we use on each other because once spoken you can not take them back. Consider this a 'mouth problem' - harsh, snippy, fiesty words (Joyce Meyers). When we have a 'mouth problem', and we all do, it is important to seek the Word of God, specifically the Book of Proverbs.

We all have a responsibility to ourselves and others, especially our children, to work on our 'mouth problem'. We say things to them when we are mad, but we don't mean them. Our children internalize these words and may carry this into their adult lives. Alternatively, the praise that we give them makes them feel loved, happy, cherished, and inspires them to do more good to receive praise and admiration from us.

Do you ever wonder why there are so many 'messed up' adults in the world today? They probably had a 'rough' childhood in the sense that they received a lot of 'negative words' from people that they loved. Words do hurt, so whoever said 'sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me' was foolish. Negative words can 'DAMAGE' or 'RUIN' the 'toughest' of us and those of us that have potential to do 'good' things. Whereas positive words can 'INSPIRE GREATNESS' from us. So today we have an opportunity to work on ourselves, with the Word of God on our sides, to make moves toward becoming better people for ourselves and others.

As always, have a wonderful, blessed and love-filled day!

There is No Time to Coddle Negativity

As we take our daily journey through life, we encounter positive and negative. Noone said life would be easy. In fact, momma said, "THERE'D BE DAYS LIKE THIS!" It is up to you to prepare yourself for the 'good' and the 'bad'. You may be asking what do mean by 'PREPARE MYSELF'? It's simple, ask yourself this one question: "Who is in control of my mind?' If you answered, 'ME!' then you are CORRECT! So that means that in order to prepare yourself for 'good' and 'bad' circumstances, you MUST work on how you think and what you think. Positive thinking is a state of mind. Negative thinking is a state of mind. Which state of mind do you have? If you answered, honestly, then YOU control YOU! Positive equates to happiness, being content, high or good self-esteem, and being at peace. Negative equates to chaos, hostility, anger, low self-esteem, and hate.

Remember it is up to You to choose your state of mind because nobody can MAKE you!

There is no time to coddle negativity if you want to embrace all that is good in life...think positive ;)

This message was written to be inspirational and insightful, and in the spirit of love,
Mya

Letting Go of the Past

One day I found myself feeling as though I had a heavy weight on my shoulders. I was even walking slumped over when normally I have an upright posture. WHAT WAS WEIGHING ME DOWN? I finally came to the realization that I'd been holding on to something that had happened to me in the past. SOLUTION: I forgave the person who had wronged me. And as soon I did this I felt lighter, happier, and burden-free. My posture straightened and I began to smile. By forgiving the person, I helped myself. CONCLUSION: Forgiveness is not so the person can feel better, it is for YOU!

Don't Stress the Small Stuff

From day to day, sometimes we find ourselves stressing over the smallest things, those things that no matter how stressed you become over them, you still can not change. It is futile to waste time on these small things. Take a breath, re-focus your energies and deal with it, be they things that affect home, life, job or children. It what it is, and will be what it will be. However, it is up to you to do not (or at at least make your best effort not to) sweat small stuff because it takes up way to much of your time and energy. You should ask yourself: What is small stuff? Does your life depend on it? If you answer "No" then leave it alone, re-focus on the more important stuff, and leave the small stuff alone!

Shake Worrying Off

Take the burden of worry off your shoulders and you'll make more room for your brilliance! Worry about nothing and pray about everything! Right at this very moment there is nothing you can do but experience the present...u can't change the past and u don't know what the future holds..SO WHY WORRY?!