Today has been such a weird and random day that I thought I'd post another thought up here tonight.
It's become very evident to me in my everyday life that there are two types of people. There are those who speak life and those who speak death. That isn't something to be taken in a literal sense. But I do want to take some time to explain what I mean by that.
There are so many people that we will encounter in our lives. Some of those people will be incredible and uplifting. They will be the ones who cheer you on at your best and help pick you up when you are at your worst. They are the ones who choose to never speak poorly about another person. They speak life by encouraging you in everything that you do.
Then there are people that we encounter who will try to bring us down. They strive to make you feel like less and they celebrate when you are at your worst. They are the ones who push you further down, rather than helping you to stand back up. They speak words that are intended to make you feel these things; pain, insecurity, loss, defeat, and lack in all areas that you feel lower in.
These are the words that I refer too when I say "speaking death." By speaking death I mean that you are bringing an end to someone's self worth, confidence, security, joy, courage, and so much more.
No one is perfect. Everyone has spoken words that in some way have brought this feeling to others. I'm not saying it's intentional to hurt others, because in most cases it isn't. But I do know one thing. If we want to radiate light and be someone who is looked at as a well rounded and life-giving person, we need to step back and evaluate our selves first.
That takes putting aside all of our pride and asking ourselves if we are helping others.
I will be the first to admit that I lack in this area more often than not. But I'm working on it. I'm going to change the way I look at situations. I'm going to change the way I speak in every and any situation. I am going to work on being someone who only speaks life.
Like I said, no ones perfect. This is me acknowledging that I'm not. When someone says something rude, my instinct is to go straight to defense mode. Possibly lashing out by using my words or maybe just putting up a wall so that I don't feel insecure.
But today, along with many other days, has showed me that if I really want to be the best all around person that I could possibly be, then I need to step it up. This is me saying that I'm going to work on only speaking life, because anytime that I come back in defense or say something that I normally wouldn't, I would be speaking death.
I'm going to do my best. This is me holding myself accountable. Maybe if one of you reads this and relates to it in some way, then you can be apart of this journey with me.
Be the person who chooses to speak life. You never know how much someone may need it. You could be the person to make a change.
I'm all about self worth and confidence. But the message I wanted you guys to get is this; don't expect others to only speak life if we can't do the same.
People say hurtful things when they are hurt themselves. Instead of an endless string of painful responses, lets flood people with so much love that they will have no choice but to learn how to love. People repeat what they see. It's human nature to repeat what is being shown to you over and over again.
Let's make life-giving words the repetition. Show love enough times and eventually, it will be returned.
Love you guys❤️
