Recording Life
If the battle is either won or lost in the mind, so also the quality of life is either confirmed or cancelled by our speech.
What we say is important—to ourselves. We are the most important running commentary. True, others may be more versed on many subjects, but what we say about what they said—will be what affects our lives the very most.
My husband Garry has a white GMC truck that we both really enjoy. However, it has one feature that is really annoying. Anytime we get near an entrance to a toll road, a computer-generated voice says, “Caution! Toll booth!”
We were startled—to the point of jumping—the first time this loud recording interrupted our ride. That was several months ago. These days, Garry warns our passengers of what to expect, and my mom seems to enjoy repeating the robot.
I just sigh and secretly desire, at the very least, to disengage every last connection of the scripted Villon.
However, this prerecorded message that someone deemed a safety feature doesn’t compare to the annoyance of negative words that daily flood our minds. But no matter how loud, diverse, or untrue the voices we are bombarded with, it is ultimately us who choose and determine what we say about it.
And it is our own voice—declaring what we think about each situation—that will impact our lives the very most.
If you re-tell every bad detail of every day, you will eventually become predictably negative. And if someone knows what you are going to say to the point that they can finish your negative phrase—it is so time to make a new recording.
Repeated words can become a habit, never stopping to think if what we are saying is even true or life giving.
Know that there is great power in the positive. Overcome evil with good. Begin to speak what you want to stay in your life. Get that good recording so deeply entrenched that the words become a river—a river of life—to yourself and to all those who ride along with you.
“Kind words are like honey—sweet to the soul and healthy for the body.” Proverbs 16:24