படித்ததில் பிடித்தது - WORDS

சொற்கள் மிக சக்தி வாய்ந்தவை. அவற்றை கச்சிதமாக உபயோகிப்பவன் அந்த சக்தியைத் தனக்கு சாதகமாக்கிக் கொள்கிறான். உபயோகிக்கத் தெரியாதவன் எல்லாவற்றையும் தனக்கு பாதகமாக்கிக் கொள்கிறான். தவறாகப் பயன்படுத்தப்படும் ஒரு சொல் எத்தனையோ சந்தர்ப்பங்களில் எத்தனையோ பிரச்சினைகள் உருவாகக் காரணமாகி விடுகின்றன. எனவே என்ன சொல்ல நினைக்கிறீர்கள் என்பதை விட அதை எப்படிச் சொல்கிறீர்கள் என்பது அதிக முக்கியமானது என்பதை மிக அழகாக அந்தோணி ராபின்ஸ் சொல்கிறார். படித்துப் பயனடையுங்களேன்.


WORDS

Words . . . They've been used to make us laugh and cry. They can wound or heal. They offer us hope or devastation. With words we can make our noblest intentions felt and our deepest desires known. Throughout human history, our greatest leaders and thinkers have used the power of words to transform our emotions, to enlist us in their causes, and to shape the course of destiny. Words can not only create emotions, they create actions.

Most beliefs are formed by words—and they can be changed by words as well. Our nation's view of racial equality was certainly shaped by actions, but those actions were inspired by impassioned words. Who can forget the moving invocation of Martin Luther King, jr., as he shared his vision, "I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live the true meaning of its creed . . ."? Many of us are well aware of the powerful pan that words have played in our history, of the power that great speakers have to move us, but few of us are aware of our own power to use these same words to move ourselves emotionally, to challenge, embolden, and strengthen our spirits, to move ourselves to action, to seek greater richness from this gift we call life.

An effective selection of words to describe the experience of our lives can heighten our most empowering emotions. A poor selection of words can devastate us just as surely and just as swiftly. Most of us make unconscious choices in the words that we use; we sleepwalk our way through the maze of possibilities available to us. Realize now the power that your words command if you simply choose them wisely.

What a gift these simple symbols are! We transform these unique shapes we call letters (or sounds, in the case of the spoken word) into a unique and rich tapestry of human experience. They provide us with a vehicle for expressing and sharing our experience with others; however, most of us don't realize that the words you habitually choose also affect how you communicate with yourself and therefore what you experience.

Words can injure our egos or inflame our hearts—we can instantly change any emotional experience simply by choosing new words to describe to ourselves what we're feeling. If, however, we fail to master words, and if we allow their selection to be determined strictly by unconscious habit, we may be denigrating our entire experience of life.

Most people are not challenged, though, by the size of the vocabulary they consciously understand, but rather by the words they choose to use. Many times, we use words as "short cuts," but often these short cuts shortchange us emotionally. To consciously control our lives, we need to consciously evaluate and improve our consistent vocabulary to make sure that it is pulling us in the direction we desire instead of that which we wish to avoid.

- Anthony Robbins