Speak the Negative Away

Never verbalize a negative. We avoid saying any¬thing negative about ourselves, our family, our friends, our career - about anything. Why? Because our words are like seeds. What we sow, we reap. Talk negative, reap negative.

Our mind is like a computer with a keyboard and a storage disk. Our senses represent our keyboard. Chemical pathways in the brain's unconscious represent the brain's storage disks. Anything that is typed into our keyboard will be stored for life. Our lips are part of our keyboard. Our lips program us. Speak negative and we program negative into our storage disk called the uncon¬scious mind.

The storage disk (the unconscious mind) is unable to distinguish the truth from a lie. The unconscious believes everything that is put into it. As computer pro¬grammers say, "Garbage In, Garbage Out." Negative program, negative life.

Emile Coue, the pioneer of autosuggestion, coined the phrase:
"Day by day, in every way, I'm getting better and better. I feel healthy. I feel happy. I feel terrific."

He asked patients to repeat this phrase throughout the day. Those who followed his suggestion improved.

Words are a tremendous energy source. Negative words induce negative results; positive words produce positive results.
Negative speech undermines our health and our happiness. A secretary says, "This computer is a pain in the neck" - and guess who has a headache a few hours later? A tennis player says, "I choke on the big points" - and guess who loses important matches? A parent says, "Our kids always get sick on vacation" - and guess whose holiday is ruined?

How often have we heard ourselves say these words: "I'm not as smart as everyone else." "I'm just unlucky." "I can't lose weight." "I'm not getting any younger." "I'm not as sharp as I used to be." "I'll never be a success." "I never have enough time" "I'm messy" " I'm disorganized." "Mondays depress me."

As children we hear negative. When we watch tele¬vision we see and hear negative. (The auditory and visu¬al aspects of television make it a powerful programmer.) Our friends talk negatively. So we get in the habit. We begin to talk negatively. The more we hear ourselves talk, the more negative we speak. We verbalize the neg¬ative and our lives become negative. The more negative our lives become, the more we speak negative.

Check yourself. Listen consciously to everything you verbalize. Does most of your self-talk build you up or put you down? Would you type the words you say about yourself into your computer as lifelong directives?

Imagine getting on an airplane that contains the wrong program. Would you fly on that plane? Of course not. The program determines the plane's altitude, speed, course, and destination. An airplane with the wrong pro¬gram will crash. When you hear yourself speak nega¬tively-stop. Get on the right course. Speak positive words that guide you to success.

You can reprogram your brain. The chemical path¬ways in your brain's unconscious can be broken down in about twenty-one days. Replace negative words with positive words and the negative chemical pathways¬ - the negative programs - will be destroyed in twenty-one days.

Once the negative programs are destroyed, more positive things will begin to happen. You will be on the flight path of success.

If words are the most powerful destiny shaper that we control-and they are-then by governing the words that come out of our mouths, we can have a better chance of having a fulfilled life.

Learn to see something positive in everything that happens. Speak hopeful words. Never miss an opportu¬nity to praise others. Find and speak the good in every situation. Show appreciation at every opportunity. Encourage the timid. Fortify the weak. Use positive words to become all you can be and to help others to get the most out of life. Positive words give you confidence and, in turn, encourage others.

Rather than speaking the negative in advance, speak what you want as if your desire has already happened. Avoid speaking a negative future: "We are looking forward to our vacation, but the first day we go on a trip the kids always get sick." Guess what happens? Your children are sick the first day of your vacation. Speak positively about the future: "We are looking forward to our vacation and this time the kids are going to be healthy the entire trip." Your children have a much bet¬ter chance of being healthy this time.

Positive speech is not designed to detract from your faith. Positive talk enhances your faith. Read the Bible. All of God's courageous leaders spoke positively-espe¬cially about the future.