I was reading the January/February issue of Body + Soul magazine this week and there is an article about swapping out low-energy and negative sounding words for more positive and uplifting ones. The suggestion was to eliminate subtle negative words such as:
should
never
busy
nice
successful
- should- a hollow word that serves to heighten ones insecurity
- nice- the word nice is like extra bulk in our verbal artillery. . .(amen!)
- successful- can serve as a subtle form of self-criticism. . .(hmmm, hadn't thought about that one)
- never- any term that implies an absolute statement may be right for the wrong reasons and wrong for the right ones.
- busy- has almost become a status thing, a contest to see who is busier than whom. It's amazing how much time frees up when there is something you REALLY want to do.
Think about it. . .
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