Positive Attitude And Words: A Relationship More Important Than You Think

It is all connected, so even if you do decide to have a positive attitude, you could be boycotting yourself unknowingly because of a poor choice of words.

Pay attention

Have you ever stopped to listen to the words you choose to say?

The following are examples of sentences I hear daily:

The thing is, those words express a point of view and shape the reality in a negative way, thus contributing to create more negativity and anxiety in the person who says them, and inadvertently in those who hear them. They help to create a negative attitude.

So what do you want?

If what you want is to enjoy a reality where life flows smoothly and where you enjoy having a positive attitude, start by choosing your words wisely.

As you can see, positive attitude and words are quite connected. Positive words contribute to create a positive attitude.

A short story on positive attitude and words

Check how nicely the words we say do create our reality on this real story...

A while ago I went out to have dinner with my husband and a friend of both. We wanted to go to a restaurant where they serve the best burgers in town. This place is barely a hundred meters away from a football stadium.

As we walked towards the restaurant, we noticed more and more people walking in the same direction we were going. My husband said, "I hope there isn't a football match today!"

As if words created reality, there was a football match starting shortly. This meant that we would probably not find a table at the restaurant, since it's quite a small place.

Conscious of the power of our words, my husband and I decided to express what we DID want. "We will have a table, in a nice spot, and we will have it straight away", we said believing so (why not).

When we arrived at the restaurant, there was only one table available, next to the window, in one of the two nicest spots of the restaurant. Of course we took it, smiling in amazement at how our words seemed to have "created" the table available for us. We enjoyed a pleasant dinner.

The result

It is likely that the reality you express in words is the reality that you then experience. Rather than what you don't want, start expressing what you DO want, like in the story above. You will experience a more positive attitude.

Positive attitude and words are so related that you are much closer to creating the reality you want than you think. You can start by choosing those words that feel good to you.

In fact, the words you use are so important that they are the key to successful affirmations, as Jennifer Shepherd well explains in "Why most affirmations fail".

Mike Dooley also explains the power of the words we choose to use in "Infinite Possibilities" - it is with our words, our thoughts and our actions that we create what we want to experience.

"Marvellous"

I once worked with someone who, when asked "How are you?", would invariably respond "Marvellous". And so what if he wasn't actually feeling that marvellous? Such a bright answer already created a positive impression on the other person and gave a feeling of things being good.

Now compare that to the answer I heard from someone else: "Not too bad". Not too bad? That immediately makes me feel that things ARE bad! What do you choose to answer when you are asked "How are you?"

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