MaXIMIze - The Power of Words

As we approach the season of Lent - beginning on Wednesday, February 18th this year - it is important that we remember the power of words.

Words have power, mighty power, whether they are written, spoken, or thought. Words are also a conduit for energy in our lives - positive energy and negative energy.

Albert Einstein said, "Energy cannot be created or destroyed, it can only be changed from one form to another."

This flows along with the Special Feature I posted last year about a pastor who suggested to his flock that they focus on giving up bad behaviors that bring negative energy into their lives rather than the usual things they forgo during Lent - things like chocolate, alcohol, dessert, etc.

Also, near the beginning of last year, I posted about Personal Prose and showed the difference between power words and poison words. I provided a list of power words to replace the poison ones with in that post.

My goal during this year's season of Lent is to post daily inspirational snippets to encourage the transformation of negatives into positives in your life so you can live your best life now!

Here are some examples of what I'll be posting, with thoughts and examples for each:

Change "I'd love to…" into "I'm going to…"

Transform drama into action.

Move from lack to abundance.

Transmute denial into acceptance.

If you would like to contribute to these, feel free to share your thoughts with me either via email or by commenting on this post.

Change your language, change your life!

Until next time, Namaste!

MaXIMIze - SPECIAL FEATURE - The Power of Prose - Hope versus Faith

I don't rightly remember if this is something I read on the Internet or something I gleaned from a TED talk, but either way, it was one of those AH HA moments.

Working for the military, I've often heard the phrase, "Hope is not a plan," usually in response to someone saying something along the lines of, "Well we hope..." this will happen or this group of people will come through or ...you get the idea.

Hope is passive. When we hope for something, we sit by and wait for things to happen.

Faith, on the other hand, is active. When we have faith, we move forward as if things are happening to bring about a certain outcome, that people will come through on their word.

We've all heard that things in motion tend to stay in motion. Faith is the catalyst, the energy source of that motion.

It has been said that faith can move mountains. What mountains are your faith moving today?

Namaste!