As the famous old saying goes, you are what you think. Indeed what our mind can conceive our body will always achieve. The mind therefore is the most powerful vital body organ that we have. Our minds could either make us or break us. But most importantly, our words could make us worse. Words as some people say are mightier than the sword.
Take for instance Jose Rizal who fought the Spaniards not with arms but with words through his writings. His deeds liberate the Filipino nation from corruption to total democracy and liberty. Also take the example of Nelson Mandela and East Timer President Jose Ramos Horta who both made a difference in their respective countries by the words they spoke, chosen words which they thoroughly pondered on and thought about very carefully.
Psychologists and other wise authors suggest that there is a natural correlation between our mind and our mouths. Whatever comes to our mind, we always translate them into words through speaking or communicating. All our actions are basically governed by our thinking. It is the power of the mind that dictates us on what to do and what to say.
However, this is not always the case. People in one way or another and because of some unavoidable circumstances has this not so good tendency of talking even before thinking. Once you are in extreme emotion, either you are so angry, so happy, so sad and the like, you have this urge to do things and speak out words even without thinking first of its consequences.
Because of the adrenalin rush, you sometimes release words that are similar to bullets or which can be compared to swords that may hurt or affect badly other people. Cursing is one concrete example. Psychologists believe that if you curse, most often than not you are in fact doing it or have done it out of the blue, or in short, without thinking the situation thoroughly. This event eventually could lead us to suffer various consequences let’s say for instance , breaking the good relationship with the person whom we cursed, being sued in court may be for libel, being hurt back in return, being guilty afterwards for speaking without thinking at all.
The wise men and sages of old has this advise, when you are in extreme emotions, don’t talk at all, you better find a place to be by yourself and think hard about the situation, if this could not be possible, then force yourself to sleep and reserve what you wish to talk the moment you wake up..In this way you will surely avoid conflicts of every sort.
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As a conclusion, we must guard our speech with intelligent and logical thinking. We must think ten times or more before acting things out or speaking things out. Let’s ask ourselves, if I’ll speak these words to this person, what will he feel about it? And if the same words will be spoken to me, will I be happy or angry? If we will always do this practice, we will go on happy with life and never regret with anything.
