September 2011 ~ The Word

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September 2011 ~ The Word

Feb 10, 2012

We have all heard the saying that words are powerful and that they create your reality. Just look throughout your life’s journey and determine if you have lived the life you “chose” to live. Did you envision yourself graduating from high school, becoming a car mechanic or did you venture out into the world and travel alone wearing only a backpack? Were you called to become a mother of a child that would learn from you not only what you hoped for but also exhibited behaviors you never thought you would see?

At some point, we had a dream, a vision or an idea of what we thought we wanted, what we liked, what we learned to like or we were told to become something that we spent the rest of our lives trying to deprogram ourselves of in order to blossom into the person we were born to become. Either way, there was a beginning to your life, to your career, to your hopes and dreams and maybe to a significant relationship and it seems as if these energies took on a life of their own by the power of the spoken word.

When we are born we are given a word that we call a name which in many cultures a name is representative of a namesake, place, a feeling, or a blessing. Our name carries with it possibly a responsibility, a family’s livelihood, or some people believe that some names may carry a family curse. When we first meet someone we want to know their name and usually where they live or were born ~ giving some sort of acknowledgement to a power or connection that is unseen. We even make judgments based upon names and places as if we are capable of deciphering a hidden code between the meanings and purpose of this valuable information. I know a middle aged woman who chose to keep her former husband’s family name because she felt as if she belonged to that family and that it supported her in some way as to the connection she longed for and wants to carry for the rest of her life. Even after she remarried and divorced once again she went back to the previous husband’s name leading me to wonder just how do we become attached to a word and what we believe is in the power of a name.

I can relate to how powerful words have been throughout my life as I can recall writing my first short poem when I was about 5 years old and then I continued to write, off and on, several short stories but mainly focused on poetry and lyrics for the next forty years. Writing was a way for me to express myself pursuing my art purely for my own viewing and rarely showing anyone my innermost thoughts, fears and heartfelt moments of confusion and doubt as well as my perceptions of being in and falling out of love. And though I originally never intended to be a writer it has been one of my most favorite creative channels as well as personally revealing that I have shared with the world for over three years now. I cautiously began my own journey with the word when I started writing these newsletters and even though I questioned my ability to be grammatically correct I trusted my faith that I was being led to move in this direction one word at a time. I have written over forty newsletters during this time with those of you who subscribe and forward the emails to friends as well as to those who visit the website and read at your leisure. Based upon feedback, some of you have been touched or moved enough for you to shed tears reflecting your past or the present ~ to feel thoughts within you that began to surface ~ allowing you to observe your own reactions or validate/question your personal beliefs. All in all, these words have various affects due to their use and placement and their meanings can and do change when their placement is simply rearranged.

And life, in my opinion, is affected in much the same way as the words on a page. What we read into the words on the page and refer to for clarification in order to further understand is so similar as to how we place words in our own lives. When we choose to use or withhold them, when we deliver them with a vengeance or sing them in the harmonies of a song the emotions can and do change our perception of the word.

In the Book of Genesis Chapter 1 (The NKJV Bible) before God created Man, it intrigues me that when God spoke that The Universe responded by creating the request and then God would give the creation its' name (i.e., Day and Night, Heaven and Earth). How powerful is the word in your life?
What have you created ~what have you supported ~ what have you destroyed? Notice how the word is given a more powerful presence when it is fueled with emotion and even accompanied by a gentle touch or a friendly slap or the cut of a knife. Reconsider the affect that your words have upon another person regardless of whether they are standing before you or not. Other examples may be the power of prayer, the power of meditation, the power of money, the power of life and the power of death, the power of the past, the present and the future. What shapes and defines these precious transformations of energies are our thoughts, words, intentions, and actions which I prefer to summarize as our beliefs ~ it is how we are truly living our lives.

If you are dissatisfied with the quality of your life or the person you have become perhaps it is time to listen more closely to the words you are whispering to yourself in your mind, reading from a book, professing in your daily lectures and conversations and delivering to your colleagues and friends. Your words can hurt or heal, refresh and inspire, be real or defiant, be shallow and hide but in the end you will be known for your words whether there were many or few, carefully selected or carelessly thrown about your life. Maybe that is why we find it fitting to leave our last few words that grace our headstone in our final resting place to sum up what we really meant to say, after all is said and done.

“Let all that you do be done in Love.” 1 Corinthians 16:14

Michaelene
Intuitive Consultant (Personal, Business, Hospice)
www.Sun2SoulTransitions.com
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